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I The reason for the 3 is in a 4-cycle engine, it takes 2 full revolutions to complete a cycle, and the engine being 6 cylinders, it's 3 ignitions per revolution (6 ignitions per 2 revolutions). Will edit my original post. Sorry for the error.
My bad. You are, of course, correct. And I have amended my post.