People · Canada
Philémon Robert
3×3 · top 1.5% of 288,433 all-time · competing since June 2023 · 2023ROBE23
Philémon Robert has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.14, set at Saint-Augustin B 2025, puts him in the top 1.5% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 149th in Canada. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 8 competitions since June 2023, he has put 195 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 88% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 11.36 in June 2023 to 7.14, a 37% improvement. He has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 7.14 | 10.18 | top 1.5% | 149 / 10,502 | |
| 2×2 | 2.97 | 4.80 | top 14.0% | 949 / 7,245 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 18.22 | 23.19 | top 15.7% | 338 / 2,632 | |
| Pyraminx | 9.53 | 16.75 | top 49.3% | 2,380 / 4,913 | |
| Square-1 | 48.59 | — | early days — 2 solves | 721 / 973 | |
| 4×4 | 1:57.15 | 2:11.26 | top 80.4% | 2,465 / 3,180 |
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
- 21 Sep 2024First sub-10 3×3: 9.21 at Imaginaire Québec 2024.
- 10 Jun 2023First competition: Open de Montréal 2023. A 12.47 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Imaginaire Québec 2026 · 10 Oct 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Championnat Québécois 2026 · 8 May 2026
- Cubes Tranchés à Québec AM 2026 · 3 Jan 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Imaginaire Québec 2025 · 18 Oct 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Ponctuel et Silencieux à Québec 2025 · 29 Jul 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Saint-Augustin B 2025 · 25 May 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Imaginaire Québec 2024 · 21 Sep 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Open de Montréal 2023 · 10 Jun 2023 — 1 personal best 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.
- William Lavoie — met in 34 rounds, finished ahead once
- Charles-Olivier Rivard — met in 32 rounds, finished ahead 7 times
- Louis-Alex Tremblay — met in 30 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,419 people have one; it is 1.14 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 9,039 people have one; it is 0.97 away.
Targets move as he improves.