People · United States
James Phillips
3×3 · top 49.0% of 288,433 all-time · competing since January 2007 · 2007PHIL01
James Phillips has been competing for 20 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 23.38, set at Berkeley Fall 2008, puts him in the top 49.0% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 28,899th in the United States. Across 5 competitions since January 2007, he has put 45 official solves on the record across two events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, an early reading from 5 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 33.09 in January 2007 to 23.38, a 29% improvement. James has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% 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 | 23.38 | 26.86 | top 49.0% | 28,899 / 60,666 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 56.56 | 1:04.99 | top 81.8% | 12,352 / 15,900 |
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 Apr 2007First sub-30 3×3: 29.30 at Berkeley Spring competition 2007.
- 13 Jan 2007First competition: Caltech Winter competition 2007. A 33.09 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Berkeley Fall 2008 · 15 Nov 2008 — 1 personal best set
- Berkeley Spring competition 2008 · 26 Apr 2008 — 2 personal bests set
- Berkeley Fall competition 2007 · 17 Nov 2007 — 2 personal bests set
- Berkeley Spring competition 2007 · 14 Apr 2007 — 1 personal best set
- Caltech Winter competition 2007 · 13 Jan 2007
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.
- Jeremy Fleischman — met in 9 rounds, never finished ahead
- Darren Kwong — met in 9 rounds, never finished ahead
- Jeff Chiu — met in 9 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-20 3×3 single — 115,495 people have one; it is 3.38 away.
- A sub-50 3×3 one-handed single — 57,273 people have one; it is 6.56 away.
Targets move as he improves.