People · Australia
Michael Philippou
2×2 · top 3.4% of 189,179 all-time · competing since October 2022 · 2022PHIL10
Michael Philippou has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.76, set at Spark Melbourne Spring Saturday 2024, puts him in the top 3.4% of the 189,179 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 276th in Australia. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 9 competitions since October 2022, he has put 275 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 68% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 18.23 in October 2022 to 10.01, a 45% improvement. Michael has entered nine competitions, more competitions than 91% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Australia | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 1.76 | 3.69 | top 3.4% | 276 / 8,727 | |
| 3×3 | 10.01 | 12.02 | top 7.5% | 711 / 11,943 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 19.21 | 22.53 | top 18.5% | 413 / 2,685 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.44 | 7.44 | top 23.4% | 1,194 / 6,109 | |
| 4×4 | 50.20 | 55.73 | top 25.1% | 644 / 3,108 | |
| Skewb | 6.78 | 10.73 | top 32.0% | 910 / 3,589 | |
| 5×5 | 1:55.36 | — | top 46.3% | 637 / 1,412 | |
| Square-1 | 50.31 | — | early days — 2 solves | 739 / 920 |
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
- 5 Oct 2024Three personal bests in one day at Spark Melbourne Spring Saturday 2024.
- 19 Jan 2024Three personal bests in one day at Melbourne Summer 2024.
- 1 Jul 2023Three personal bests in one day at Victorian Open 2023.
- 18 Mar 2023Three personal bests in one day at Speedcubing at Seaworks 2023.
- 20 Jan 2023First sub-15 3×3: 14.57 at Melbourne Summer 2023.
- 15 Oct 2022First competition: Koalafication Melbourne 2022. A 20.00 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Spark Melbourne Spring Saturday 2024 · 5 Oct 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- The Big Cube Melbourne 2024 · 20 Jul 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Kensington May Saturday 2024 · 11 May 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Melbourne Summer 2024 · 19 Jan 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Melbourne Cube Days 2023 · 11 Nov 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Victorian Open 2023 · 1 Jul 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Speedcubing at Seaworks 2023 · 18 Mar 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Melbourne Summer 2023 · 20 Jan 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Koalafication Melbourne 2022 · 15 Oct 2022 — 2 personal bests set
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.
- Oliver Drew — met in 57 rounds, finished ahead 7 times
- Phoenix Patterson — met in 54 rounds, never finished ahead
- Roman Rudakov — met in 54 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,050 people have one; it is 0.76 away.
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,606 people have one; it is 0.01 away.
Targets move as he improves.