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Philip Elder
Pyraminx · top 6.2% of 129,321 all-time · competing since February 2022 · 2022ELDE01
Philip Elder has been competing for 5 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 3.68, set at Kansas Cubing Open Winter 2022, puts him in the top 6.2% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,590th in the United States. Until February 2008, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 1 competition since February 2022, he has put 45 official solves on the record across five events.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 3.68 | 7.23 | top 6.2% | 1,590 / 28,708 | |
| 2×2 | 2.71 | 4.50 | top 11.0% | 4,349 / 40,951 | |
| 3×3 | 11.45 | 13.62 | top 12.0% | 6,454 / 59,724 | |
| 4×4 | 55.61 | 57.95 | top 31.5% | 4,973 / 19,072 | |
| Megaminx | 1:52.18 | 2:07.46 | top 41.6% | 3,022 / 7,841 |
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 story so far
- 5 Feb 2022First competition: Kansas Cubing Open Winter 2022. A 11.45 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Kansas Cubing Open Winter 2022 · 5 Feb 2022 — 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.
- Kevin Reyes-Velazquez — met in 9 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Ryan Pilat — met in 9 rounds, never finished ahead
- Robert G. Pearce IV — met in 9 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-3 Pyraminx single — 4,700 people have one; it is 0.68 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.71 away.
Targets move as he improves.