Sean Patrick Villanueva is a Filipino speedcuber who is the reigning World Cube Association 3×3×3 one-handed world champion who won the title in Incheon, South Korea in August 2023 with an average time of 9.42 seconds. He previously held the Asian Record for 3x3x3 one-handed average at 8.64 seconds, which he set at Santa Cruz Speedcubing 2024 in Santa Cruz, Laguna on January 28, 2024.[1] He currently holds the 3x3x3 one-handed world record average with a time of 8.09 seconds, set on May 26, 2024 at Quezon City Open II 2024 in Quezon City, Philippines.[2]
Previously, he placed second in the World Cube Association World Championship 2019 3×3×3 event with an average time of 6.78 seconds, which was 0.04 seconds slower than that of Philipp Weyer who placed first.[3] [4] This finish made Villanueva the youngest competitor to place in the top three of the main 3×3×3 event at 11 years old.[5] He first entered the world of speedcubing competition by placing 201st in the Philippine Championship 2017.[6] [7]
On July 2nd 2023, he was the first cuber using the Roux method to get a single solve of 4.11s, which placed him in the global top 10[8]
As of 2024, the 15-year old is currently a grade 10 student at the Ateneo de Manila University