Sunday 6 September 2026 Rebuilt nightly from the WCA's official results · export of 6 September 2026 · About
The Middle Three
People → United States → Phil Hamory

People · United States

Phil Hamory

3×3 Multi-Blind · top 57.4% of 4,268 all-time · competing since December 2009 · 2009HAMO02

Phil Hamory has been competing for 17 years. His best event is the 3×3 Multi-Blind: a personal-best single of 3 of 3 cubes · 29:17, set at US Nationals 2015, puts him in the top 57.4% of the 4,268 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 441st in the United States. Across 38 competitions since December 2009, he has put 290 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 17% around a typical one; 97% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 1:33.03 in December 2009 to 35.27, a 62% improvement. Phil has entered 38 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3 Multi-Blind
best event — top 57.4% of 4,268 all-time
3 of 3 cubes · 29:17
signature single · US Nationals 2015
290
official solves on the record
17%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 97% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×3 Multi-Blind3 of 3 cubes · 29:17—
early days — 2 solves441 / 731
2×28.1312.96
top 68.7%28,390 / 40,951
3×335.2748.28
top 70.9%42,941 / 59,724
3×3 blindfolded6:02.27—
top 86.8%1,801 / 2,092
4×44:02.31—
top 99.2%19,000 / 19,072

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

Discovery Science Center Winter 2009: 1:33.03Caltech Winter 2010: 2:16.26San Diego Open 2010: 1:29.52Marymount Open 2010: 1:33.15Caltech Winter 2011: 1:27.21Caltech Spring 2011: 1:19.96Caltech Fall 2011: 1:06.65Caltech Winter 2012: 1:06.55Caltech Spring 2012: 58.46Antelope Valley Summer 2012: 1:04.41Eagle Peak - San Diego Open 2012: 47.91Caltech Fall Open 2012: 50.43Antelope Valley Winter 2013: 50.52Caltech Winter Open 2013: 58.71Antelope Valley Spring Open 2013: 57.40Diamond Bar Spring Open 2013: 47.02Caltech Spring Open 2013: 56.46San Diego Summer Splash 2013: 52.68World Rubik's Cube Championship 2013: 47.11Antelope Valley Fall 2013: 45.40Caltech Fall Open 2013: 49.86Caltech Winter Open 2014: 49.31Caltech Spring Open 2014: 37.06San Diego Summer Splash 2014: 44.91US Nationals 2014: 50.60Nisei Week 2014: 51.08Antelope Valley Fall 2014: 46.64Caltech Fall Open 2014: 45.31Newport Winter Open 2014: 44.23Nub Open 2015: 42.13St. Francis Winter Open 2015: 45.25Caltech Winter Open 2015: 44.57Alliance for Education 2015: 46.49BASC 7 2015: 50.39US Nationals 2015: 35.27Nisei Week 2015: 39.70St. Francis II: GYM 2016: 43.68Nisei Week 2016: 54.0935.272:16.2619 Dec 200920 Aug 2016

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-8 2×2 single — 126,624 people have one; it is 0.13 away.
  • A sub-30 3×3 single — 177,856 people have one; it is 5.27 away.

Targets move as he improves.