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Philip Holst

3×3 · top 13.9% of 284,439 all-time · competing since January 2019 · 2019HOLS01

Philip Holst has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 12.00, set at Ackerman Spring 2024, puts him in the top 13.9% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 7,445th in the United States. Across 4 competitions since January 2019, he has put 74 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, an early reading from 8 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 13.37 in January 2019 to 12.00, a 10% improvement. Philip has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 13.9% of 284,439 all-time
12.00
signature single · Ackerman Spring 2024
74
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×312.0012.77
top 13.9%7,445 / 59,724
2×23.826.58
top 24.2%9,495 / 40,951
4×459.741:12.66
top 36.2%5,836 / 19,072
Pyraminx8.7413.67
top 42.6%12,207 / 28,708
3×3 one-handed30.8732.38
top 48.6%6,659 / 15,683

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

Garrettsville G-Men Classic 2019: 13.37Flag City Spring 2019: 12.78Ackerman Spring 2024: 12.00Naperville Fall 2025: 12.7012.0013.3726 Jan 201911 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-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 2.00 away.
  • A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.82 away.

Targets move as he improves.