People · United States
Colin Phan
3×3 · top 5.1% of 284,439 all-time · competing since August 2017 · 2017PHAN05
Colin Phan has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.09, set at Cubetcha 2022, puts him in the top 5.1% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,840th in the United States. Until May 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 11 competitions since August 2017, he has put 298 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 64% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 29.79 in August 2017 to 9.09, a 69% improvement. Colin has entered eleven competitions, more competitions than 93% 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 | 9.09 | 10.21 | top 5.1% | 2,840 / 59,724 | |
| Pyraminx | 3.50 | 7.83 | top 5.5% | 1,425 / 28,708 | |
| 4×4 | 37.62 | 42.82 | top 9.4% | 1,398 / 19,072 | |
| 5×5 | 1:15.19 | 1:26.08 | top 15.5% | 1,195 / 9,401 | |
| 2×2 | 3.77 | 4.84 | top 23.6% | 9,256 / 40,951 | |
| Skewb | 6.53 | 9.51 | top 30.0% | 4,924 / 18,907 | |
| Square-1 | 25.77 | 31.57 | top 40.8% | 2,650 / 6,743 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 30.99 | 36.69 | top 48.8% | 6,703 / 15,683 |
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
- 14 May 2022First sub-10 3×3: 9.60 at Minnesota Cube Day 2022.
- 14 May 2022Five personal bests in one day at Minnesota Cube Day 2022.
- 7 Mar 2020Four personal bests in one day at Minnesota Cube Days 2020.
- 18 Jan 2020Six personal bests in one day at North Star Cubing Challenge 2020.
- 20 Oct 2018First sub-15 3×3: 14.33 at Cubetcha 2018.
- 20 Oct 2018Three personal bests in one day at Cubetcha 2018.
Competitions
- Cubetcha 2022 · 8 Oct 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- NxN Minnesota 2022 · 14 Aug 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Minnesota Cube Day 2022 · 14 May 2022 — 5 personal bests set
- Minnesota Cube Days 2020 · 7 Mar 2020 — 4 personal bests set
- North Star Cubing Challenge 2020 · 18 Jan 2020 — 6 personal bests set
- Mega Minnesota Winter 2019 · 14 Dec 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Cubetcha 2018 · 20 Oct 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- Minnesota Cube Melt 2018 · 12 May 2018 — 5 personal bests set
- CubingUSA Heartland Championship 2018 · 9 Mar 2018 — 4 personal bests set
- North Star Cubing Challenge 2018 · 27 Jan 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Heartland Championships 2017 · 5 Aug 2017
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.
- Tyler Johnson — met in 60 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Walker Welch — met in 57 rounds, finished ahead once
- Tyler Robinson — met in 57 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.09 away.
- A sub-3 Pyraminx single — 4,700 people have one; it is 0.50 away.
Targets move as he improves.