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Albert Phan

3×3 · top 10.0% of 284,439 all-time · competing since December 2017 · 2017PHAN09

Albert Phan has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.84, set at Elk Cubing 2018, puts him in the top 10.0% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 5,424th in the United States. Until August 2006, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 3 competitions since December 2017, he has put 70 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 9% around a typical one, an early reading from 6 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 14.18 in December 2017 to 10.84, a 24% improvement. Albert has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 10.0% of 284,439 all-time
10.84
signature single · Elk Cubing 2018
70
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×310.8411.86
top 10.0%5,424 / 59,724
3×3 one-handed23.1626.15
top 29.2%3,776 / 15,683
4×456.641:04.06
top 32.7%5,196 / 19,072
2×25.677.05
top 47.3%19,140 / 40,951
5×52:06.762:30.07
top 53.5%4,509 / 9,401

Percentile against all competitors ever ranked in each event, a fairer measure than raw rank, because the pools differ by a factor of ten.

The line so far

Dixon Winter 2017: 14.18Lions Cubing 2018: 12.23Elk Cubing 2018: 10.8410.8414.182 Dec 201718 Mar 2018

Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.

The story so far

Competitions

Reading this page: a single is one solve's time · an average is the middle three of five solves, best and worst discarded · a PB is a personal best · a DNF (did not finish) is an attempt with no valid result: a popped piece, an unsolved face, an over-limit memorisation · top X% compares against everyone ever ranked in that event, which is fairer than raw rank because event pools differ tenfold.

The circuit

The people whose scorecards keep turning up next to his.

Next targets

  • A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.84 away.
  • A sub-20 3×3 one-handed single — 15,081 people have one; it is 3.16 away.

Targets move as he improves.