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Mads Philipsen

3×3 · top 9.1% of 284,439 all-time · competing since March 2018 · 2018PHIL04

Mads Philipsen has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.54, set at Danish Championship 2020, puts him in the top 9.1% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 113th in Denmark. Until August 2006, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 43 competitions since March 2018, he has put 1,017 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 72% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 18.14 in March 2018 to 10.54, a 42% improvement. Mads has entered 43 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 9.1% of 284,439 all-time
10.54
signature single · Danish Championship 2020
1,017
official solves on the record
14%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 72% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingDenmark
3×310.5413.24
top 9.1%113 / 1,198
Pyraminx4.6910.95
top 11.3%110 / 702
2×22.814.62
top 12.1%156 / 906
3×3 one-handed20.2825.66
top 21.2%86 / 380
3×3 Fewest Moves33 moves—
top 23.4%34 / 96
Skewb7.9315.10
top 40.8%210 / 467
4×41:05.381:15.74
top 42.2%173 / 468
Megaminx1:53.892:19.12
top 42.5%89 / 232
5×52:14.503:55.79
top 57.9%151 / 269
3×3 blindfolded3:51.27—
top 66.0%54 / 80
Clock36.9345.06
top 91.3%174 / 187
Square-11:20.75—
early days — 1 solve177 / 185

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

Østerhøj Open 2018: 18.14Tårnby Cube Træf 2018: 15.89Dåstrup Sleepover 2018: 14.96Danish Open 2018: 12.26Østerhøj Christmas by Vote 2018: 14.13DSF Generalforsamlingen 2019: 12.82Østerhøj NxNxN 2019: 11.11Aarhus Spring 2019: 11.38Denmark & Friends 2019: 10.98KMG Spring 2019: 12.00Faaborg Open 2019: 11.31Østerhøj Open 2019: 13.32Danish Open 2019: 13.91Nordic Championship 2019: 13.01Tårnby Cube Træf 2019: 11.99Aarhus Christmas 2019: 12.34Minx C-Open-hagen 2020: 12.39DSF Generalforsamlingen 2020: 15.40Greve Gymnasium 2020: 11.88Lonely Denmark 2020: 13.63Danish Championship 2020: 10.54Danish Championship 2021: 14.44Borupgaard Autumn 2021: 14.42DSF Generalforsamlingen 2022: 13.08Speedcubing i Lille Friheden 2022: 13.57Dåstrup Sleepover 2022: 14.78Odsherred Forårscubing 2022: 12.08Rubik's WCA European Championship 2022: 13.88Sønderjysk Sommercubing 2022: 12.37Hverdagscubing I - Måløv Park 2022: 14.39Roskilde For Alle 2022: 12.58Hverdagscubing III - Risbjerggaard 2023: 12.47Holmegårdsskolen Februar 2023: 11.90Hvidovre Sommer 2023: 10.73Festlige Terninger Østervang 2024: 14.88Allesammen Sammen i Roskilde 2024: 13.6810.5418.1417 Mar 201829 Sep 2024

Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.

The story so far

Competitions

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.

Next targets

  • A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.54 away.
  • A sub-4 Pyraminx single — 9,892 people have one; it is 0.69 away.

Targets move as he improves.