People · United States
Franklin Pham
3×3 · top 1.0% of 284,439 all-time · competing since January 2020 · 2020PHAM01
Franklin Pham has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 6.72, set at UCSD Extravaganza 2023, puts him in the top 1.0% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 655th in the United States. Until January 2011, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 40 competitions since January 2020, he has put 1,460 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 10% around a typical one, steadier than 94% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 19.03 in January 2020 to 6.72, a 65% improvement. Franklin has entered 40 competitions, more competitions than 99% 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 | 6.72 | 9.02 | top 1.0% | 655 / 59,724 | |
| Pyraminx | 2.07 | 2.81 | top 1.3% | 347 / 28,708 | |
| Skewb | 2.53 | 4.74 | top 3.0% | 457 / 18,907 | |
| 4×4 | 30.71 | 36.63 | top 3.3% | 526 / 19,072 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 13.27 | 16.41 | top 4.8% | 684 / 15,683 | |
| 2×2 | 2.09 | 2.98 | top 5.4% | 2,134 / 40,951 | |
| Square-1 | 11.70 | 14.84 | top 9.3% | 661 / 6,743 | |
| Clock | 6.63 | 8.24 | top 9.6% | 738 / 8,927 | |
| 5×5 | 1:17.05 | 1:24.88 | top 16.9% | 1,305 / 9,401 | |
| 6×6 | 2:32.20 | 2:40.36 | top 26.7% | 940 / 4,196 | |
| Megaminx | 1:39.64 | 1:49.64 | top 34.4% | 2,441 / 7,841 | |
| 7×7 | 4:15.81 | 4:44.24 | top 36.4% | 1,023 / 3,184 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 3:55.46 | — | early days — 3 solves | 1,396 / 2,092 |
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
- 13 Mar 2025Three personal bests in one day at UCSD Weeknights V 2025.
- 28 Sep 2024Three personal bests in one day at Super Duper San Diego 2024.
- 31 Dec 2022Three personal bests in one day at San Diego's Final Cube-Down 2022.
- 16 Apr 2022First sub-10 3×3: 9.16 at San Diego Spring 2022.
- 16 Apr 2022Three personal bests in one day at San Diego Spring 2022.
- 11 Dec 2021First sub-15 3×3: 10.12 at Westview Winter A 2021.
Competitions
- Temecula Valley Back To School 2026 · 22 Aug 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Temecula Valley Summer 2026 · 25 Jul 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Agoura Summer 2026 · 20 Jun 2026 — 1 personal best set
- West Coast Cubing Western Championship 2026 · 23 May 2026 — 1 personal best set
- City of STEM LA 2026 · 26 Apr 2026
- Berkeley Pre-Cal Day 2026 · 17 Apr 2026
- UCSD TritoNxN 2026 · 4 Apr 2026 — 1 personal best set
- UCLA Spring 2026 · 15 Feb 2026
- Simi Mini B 2026 · 8 Feb 2026
- Agoura Winter 2026 · 24 Jan 2026
- Super Duper San Diego 2026 · 9 Jan 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Temecula Valley Winter 2025 · 13 Dec 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Mission Viejo Fall 2025 · 12 Oct 2025
- UCLA Westerns Warmup 2025 · 24 Aug 2025
- UCLA Summer 2025 · 20 Jul 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025 · 3 Jul 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- West Coast Cubing Tour: San Diego 2025 · 21 Jun 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Westview Cubing Favorites 2025 · 1 Jun 2025
- UCSD Maybe 2025 · 11 May 2025
- UCSD Weeknights V 2025 · 13 Mar 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- SoCal Speedcubing at Super STEM Saturday 2025 · 8 Mar 2025
- Super Duper San Diego 2024 · 28 Sep 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- CubingUSA Western Championship 2024 · 2 Aug 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Westview Cubing Favorites 2024 · 25 May 2024 — 1 personal best set
- San Diego Newcomers 2024 · 16 Mar 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Poway Cubing Winter 2024 · 20 Jan 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- UCSD Winter 2023 · 16 Dec 2023 — 1 personal best set
- UCSD Extravaganza 2023 · 7 Oct 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Westview Cubing Favorites 2023 · 27 May 2023 — 1 personal best set
- UCSD Spring 2023 · 2 Apr 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Marshall Cubing Spring 2023 · 4 Mar 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Oak Valley Winter A 2023 · 25 Feb 2023
- Chula Vista Winter 2023 · 14 Jan 2023 — 1 personal best set
- San Diego's Final Cube-Down 2022 · 31 Dec 2022 — 3 personal bests set
- Bernardo Heights Sides Open 2022 · 25 Sep 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Marshall Middle Slice 2022 · 27 Aug 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Long Beach Spring 2022 · 14 May 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- San Diego Spring 2022 · 16 Apr 2022 — 3 personal bests set
- Westview Winter A 2021 · 11 Dec 2021 — 2 personal bests set
- UCSD Winter 2020 · 18 Jan 2020
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.
- Joel Kim — met in 180 rounds, finished ahead 102 times
- Andy French — met in 173 rounds, finished ahead 71 times
- August Barnard — met in 169 rounds, finished ahead 115 times
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 0.72 away.
- A sub-2 Pyraminx single — 1,476 people have one; it is 0.07 away.
Targets move as he improves.