People · United Kingdom
Jonathan Phillips
3×3 · top 3.8% of 288,433 all-time · competing since June 2022 · 2022PHIL06
Jonathan Phillips has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.53, set at Bristol August 2026, puts him in the top 3.8% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 310th in the United Kingdom. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 13 competitions since June 2022, he has put 266 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 68% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 35.19 in June 2022 to 8.53, a 76% improvement. Jonathan has entered 13 competitions, more competitions than 94% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United Kingdom | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 8.53 | 10.82 | top 3.8% | 310 / 6,785 | |
| 2×2 | 3.14 | 4.12 | top 16.0% | 949 / 4,946 | |
| 4×4 | 1:04.28 | 1:23.17 | top 41.1% | 906 / 2,112 | |
| Pyraminx | 9.02 | 13.61 | top 45.0% | 1,851 / 3,704 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 31.24 | 39.17 | top 49.5% | 880 / 1,861 | |
| Skewb | 13.40 | 20.32 | top 72.4% | 1,781 / 2,439 |
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
- 17 May 2025First sub-10 3×3: 9.66 at Weston-super-Mare Spring 2025.
- 8 Oct 2022First sub-15 3×3: 14.65 at Chippenham Autumn 2022.
- 8 Oct 2022Four personal bests in one day at Chippenham Autumn 2022.
- 27 Aug 2022First sub-30 3×3: 16.46 at August Bank Holiday Cheltenham 2022.
- 27 Aug 2022First sub-20 3×3: 16.46 at August Bank Holiday Cheltenham 2022.
- 25 Jun 2022First competition: Cheltenham Summer 2022. A 35.19 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Kewbz UK Championship 2026 · 28 Aug 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Bristol August 2026 · 8 Aug 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Wiltshire Summer 2026 · 4 Jul 2026
- Weston-super-Mare Spring 2025 · 17 May 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Wiltshire Spring 2025 · 15 Mar 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Bristol Summer 2023 · 8 Jul 2023
- Exeter Summer 2023 · 3 Jun 2023
- Wiltshire Spring 2023 · 25 Mar 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Wiltshire Winter 2023 · 7 Jan 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Kewbz UK Championship 2022 · 28 Oct 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Chippenham Autumn 2022 · 8 Oct 2022 — 4 personal bests set
- August Bank Holiday Cheltenham 2022 · 27 Aug 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Cheltenham Summer 2022 · 25 Jun 2022
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.
- Eleanor Sinnott — met in 57 rounds, finished ahead 14 times
- Oliver Wheat — met in 55 rounds, finished ahead 7 times
- Rufus Cripps — met in 50 rounds, finished ahead 10 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 0.53 away.
- A sub-3 2×2 single — 27,049 people have one; it is 0.14 away.
Targets move as he improves.