People · United States
Philip Lanthrum
3×3 · top 7.8% of 284,439 all-time · competing since May 2022 · 2022LANT01
Philip Lanthrum has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.12, set at Winter Warmup CO 2025, puts him in the top 7.8% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 4,300th in the United States. Until May 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 13 competitions since May 2022, he has put 383 official solves on the record across 14 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 10% around a typical one, steadier than 97% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 13.98 in May 2022 to 10.12, a 28% improvement. Philip has entered 13 competitions, more competitions than 94% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 10.12 | 11.23 | top 7.8% | 4,300 / 59,724 | |
| Clock | 6.67 | 8.26 | top 9.8% | 756 / 8,927 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.63 | 8.20 | top 11.0% | 2,854 / 28,708 | |
| 5×5 | 1:09.16 | 1:23.51 | top 11.0% | 854 / 9,401 | |
| 4×4 | 40.10 | 44.26 | top 12.2% | 1,810 / 19,072 | |
| Skewb | 4.81 | 7.12 | top 16.7% | 2,641 / 18,907 | |
| 7×7 | 3:21.79 | 3:40.13 | top 16.9% | 474 / 3,184 | |
| Square-1 | 15.41 | 20.41 | top 17.4% | 1,176 / 6,743 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 31 moves | 37.00 | early days — 3 solves | 385 / 2,040 | |
| 2×2 | 3.36 | 4.43 | top 18.5% | 7,245 / 40,951 | |
| Megaminx | 1:16.97 | 1:31.06 | top 19.9% | 1,361 / 7,841 | |
| 6×6 | 2:21.04 | 2:31.64 | top 21.1% | 744 / 4,196 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 1:50.26 | 2:14.66 | top 30.1% | 624 / 2,092 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 25.90 | 29.60 | top 36.6% | 4,850 / 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
Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 9 Dec 2024Four personal bests in one day at Denver Dash 2024.
- 20 Jan 2024Four personal bests in one day at DeNxNver 2024.
- 3 Nov 2023Six personal bests in one day at CubingUSA Rocky Mountain Championship 2023.
- 9 Sep 2023Three personal bests in one day at Centennial State Cube-Off 2023.
- 8 Oct 2022Three personal bests in one day at Rockies Rager Fall 2022.
- 7 May 2022First competition: Rose City 2022. A 13.98 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Oredigger Open CO 2025 · 8 Mar 2025 — 1 personal best set
- DeNxNver 2025 · 1 Feb 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Winter Warmup CO 2025 · 11 Jan 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Denver Dash 2024 · 9 Dec 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- DeNxNver 2024 · 20 Jan 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- CubingUSA Rocky Mountain Championship 2023 · 3 Nov 2023 — 6 personal bests set
- Centennial State Cube-Off 2023 · 9 Sep 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Keep Portland Quiet 2023 · 13 May 2023
- Rose City 2023 · 6 May 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Keep Portland Weird 2022 · 26 Nov 2022
- Rockies Rager Fall 2022 · 8 Oct 2022 — 3 personal bests set
- Inland Empire Summer 2022 · 30 Jul 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Rose City 2022 · 7 May 2022
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.
- Raymos Castillo — met in 51 rounds, finished ahead once
- Kian Cline — met in 48 rounds, finished ahead 18 times
- Preston Hoing — met in 47 rounds, finished ahead 38 times
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.12 away.
- A sub-6 Clock single — 2,324 people have one; it is 0.67 away.
Targets move as he improves.