People · Canada
Philémon Robert
3×3 · top 1.5% of 284,439 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 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 147th in Canada. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 7 competitions since June 2023, he has put 156 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 86% of the 35,811 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 seven competitions, more competitions than 88% 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% | 147 / 10,392 | |
| 2×2 | 2.97 | 4.80 | top 13.9% | 936 / 7,173 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 19.26 | 23.19 | top 18.5% | 398 / 2,620 | |
| Pyraminx | 9.53 | 16.75 | top 49.3% | 2,356 / 4,858 | |
| Square-1 | 48.59 | — | early days — 2 solves | 702 / 952 |
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
- 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.
- Jack Chicoine — met in 28 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- William Lavoie — met in 26 rounds, finished ahead once
- Charles-Olivier Rivard — met in 24 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.14 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.97 away.
Targets move as he improves.