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Philip Chiang

3×3 · top 5.2% of 284,439 all-time · competing since December 2016 · 2016CHIA07

Philip Chiang has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.16, set at Appleby Summer 2024, puts him in the top 5.2% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 501st in Canada. Until May 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 24 competitions since December 2016, he has put 329 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 93% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 20.59 in December 2016 to 9.16, a 56% improvement. Philip has entered 24 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 5.2% of 284,439 all-time
9.16
signature single · Appleby Summer 2024
329
official solves on the record
11%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 93% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingCanada
3×39.1611.23
top 5.2%501 / 10,392
3×3 one-handed16.1020.55
top 10.5%234 / 2,620
2×23.384.23
top 18.7%1,250 / 7,173
3×3 Fewest Moves36 moves40.33
top 33.6%106 / 283
3×3 blindfolded3:28.143:41.87
top 60.4%214 / 351
4×41:41.30—
top 71.4%2,069 / 3,118
Pyraminx14.0921.43
top 78.2%3,923 / 4,858

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

Toronto Limited Fall 2016: 20.59Newmarket Open 2017: 17.75Battle of Waterloo 2017: 15.77Oakville Limited Fall 2017: 14.18Oakville Limited Winter 2018: 14.56Oakville Limited Spring 2018: 14.04Canadian Championship 2019: 10.32Battle of Waterloo 2019: 11.49Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2022: 11.61Waterloo Favourites A 2023: 11.70Southern Ontario Summer - Waterloo 2023: 11.06Appleby Fall A 2023: 9.50Waterloo Favourites Fall 2023: 12.90London Winter 2024: 10.61Battle of Waterloo 2024: 10.65Appleby Summer 2024: 9.16Mississauga Newcomers B 2025: 9.43Brantford Fall 2025: 10.22Waterloo Fall 2025: 10.96Brampton Summer 2026: 11.269.1620.5910 Dec 201629 Aug 2026

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 1.16 away.
  • A sub-15 3×3 one-handed single — 5,987 people have one; it is 1.10 away.

Targets move as he improves.