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Phil Thomas

3×3 · top 3.8% of 284,439 all-time · competing since June 2007 · 2007THOM02

Phil Thomas has been competing for 19 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.55, set at Westport Warmup 2023, puts him in the top 3.8% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,165th in the United States. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 24 competitions since June 2007, he has put 596 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 55% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 19.72 in June 2007 to 8.55, a 57% improvement. Phil has entered 24 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 3.8% of 284,439 all-time
8.55
signature single · Westport Warmup 2023
596
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 55% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×38.5510.89
top 3.8%2,165 / 59,724
2×21.863.24
top 3.9%1,537 / 40,951
4×431.9336.65
top 4.1%662 / 19,072
5×51:02.611:07.68
top 7.0%558 / 9,401
3×3 one-handed18.4023.67
top 16.2%2,082 / 15,683
6×62:13.222:17.24
top 17.0%601 / 4,196
3×3 blindfolded1:29.41—
top 22.8%466 / 2,092
3×3 Fewest Moves34 moves—
early days — 1 solve586 / 2,040
7×74:05.434:17.42
top 32.8%916 / 3,184
Megaminx2:31.412:45.63
top 61.8%4,670 / 7,841
Clock21.2222.47
early days — 3 solves5,874 / 8,927
3×3 Multi-Blind1 of 2 cubes · 11:43—
early days — 1 solve687 / 731

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

US Open 2007: 19.72Minnesota Open 2007: 13.15Minnesota Open 2008: 11.86US Nationals and Open 2008: 12.53Wisconsin Open 2008: 13.38Lexington Fall Open 2008: 9.44Indiana Winter Open 2008: 11.84Indiana Summer Open 2009: 9.40Indiana 2011: 13.08CCFC Fall 2013: 12.71Yale Fall 2013: 12.16New York City Winter 2018: 11.02Westport Warmup 2023: 8.55Cubes on the Bayside 2023: 10.77Cubing in Mount Kisco 2024: 11.69Northampton Newcomers C 2024: 9.62Edgemont Cubing 2024: 9.81Westport Summer 2024: 11.27Flushing Open PM 2024: 10.78PBs in Palisades Open 2025: 9.37Flushing Glow Autumn AM 2025: 11.658.5519.7216 Jun 200726 Oct 2025

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 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.55 away.
  • A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.86 away.

Targets move as he improves.