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Gwen Phalan
3×3 · top 22.5% of 284,439 all-time · competing since May 2016 · 2016PHAL01
Gwen Phalan has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 14.45, set at Texas Championship 2024, puts him in the top 22.5% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 12,188th in the United States. Across 4 competitions since May 2016, he has put 46 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 18% around a typical one, an early reading from 5 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 29.49 in May 2016 to 14.45, a 51% improvement. Gwen has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% 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 | 14.45 | 15.83 | top 22.5% | 12,188 / 59,724 | |
| 2×2 | 4.61 | 8.34 | top 34.4% | 13,688 / 40,951 | |
| 4×4 | 1:41.49 | — | top 71.6% | 12,894 / 19,072 | |
| Pyraminx | 15.80 | — | early days — 3 solves | 24,930 / 28,708 |
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
- 22 Nov 2024First sub-15 3×3: 14.45 at Texas Championship 2024.
- 22 Nov 2024Three personal bests in one day at Texas Championship 2024.
- 29 Apr 2017First sub-20 3×3: 18.27 at Don't Mess With Texas 2017.
- 1 May 2016First competition: Do the Cube at the DoSeum 2016. A 29.49 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Texas Championship 2024 · 22 Nov 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Don't Mess With Texas 2017 · 29 Apr 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Dallas Winter Variation 2017 · 18 Feb 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- Do the Cube at the DoSeum 2016 · 1 May 2016
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.
- Matt Lee — met in 11 rounds, never finished ahead
- Brady Swan — met in 9 rounds, never finished ahead
- Wesley Grady — met in 7 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 2.45 away.
- A sub-4 2×2 single — 49,452 people have one; it is 0.61 away.
Targets move as he improves.