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August Phye
3×3 · top 3.1% of 284,439 all-time · competing since August 2018 · 2018PHYE01
August Phye has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.20, set at Kansas Cubing Open Spring 2022, puts him in the top 3.1% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,788th in the United States. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 7 competitions since August 2018, he has put 301 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 77% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 18.88 in August 2018 to 8.20, a 57% improvement. August has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 8.20 | 9.22 | top 3.1% | 1,788 / 59,724 | |
| Megaminx | 52.25 | 59.53 | top 6.1% | 436 / 7,841 | |
| 4×4 | 34.65 | 38.36 | top 6.4% | 983 / 19,072 | |
| 5×5 | 1:09.57 | 1:17.66 | top 11.3% | 877 / 9,401 | |
| 2×2 | 2.89 | 5.00 | top 13.0% | 5,116 / 40,951 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 17.44 | 22.05 | top 13.7% | 1,776 / 15,683 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.33 | 9.29 | top 15.3% | 4,007 / 28,708 | |
| Square-1 | 16.08 | 20.68 | top 18.9% | 1,276 / 6,743 | |
| 6×6 | 2:18.71 | 2:36.40 | top 19.8% | 698 / 4,196 | |
| Skewb | 5.46 | 8.26 | top 21.7% | 3,456 / 18,907 | |
| 7×7 | 5:48.76 | 5:52.91 | early days — 3 solves | 1,958 / 3,184 |
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
Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 11 Jun 2022Six personal bests in one day at Sioux Falls Spring 2022.
- 7 May 2022First sub-10 3×3: 8.74 at Kansas Cubing Open Spring 2022.
- 7 May 2022Six personal bests in one day at Kansas Cubing Open Spring 2022.
- 23 Mar 2019Five personal bests in one day at Virtual Cubing 2019.
- 9 Feb 2019Four personal bests in one day at Sioux Falls Winter 2019.
- 29 Sep 2018First sub-15 3×3: 13.91 at BarbeCubing Fall 2018.
Competitions
- Battle at Fort Hays KS 2024 · 14 Sep 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Sioux Falls Spring 2022 · 11 Jun 2022 — 6 personal bests set
- Kansas Cubing Open Spring 2022 · 7 May 2022 — 6 personal bests set
- Virtual Cubing 2019 · 23 Mar 2019 — 5 personal bests set
- Sioux Falls Winter 2019 · 9 Feb 2019 — 4 personal bests set
- BarbeCubing Fall 2018 · 29 Sep 2018 — 4 personal bests set
- Sioux Falls Summer 2018 · 11 Aug 2018
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.
- Chris Van Der Brink — met in 45 rounds, finished ahead 10 times
- Carter Bitz — met in 30 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Walker Welch — met in 30 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.20 away.
- A sub-50 Megaminx single — 1,776 people have one; it is 2.25 away.
Targets move as he improves.