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Philip Profenna

3×3 · top 31.2% of 284,439 all-time · competing since November 2008 · 2008PROF01

Philip Profenna has been competing for 18 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 17.08, set at Safe Haven competition 2010, puts him in the top 31.2% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 17,228th in the United States. Across 6 competitions since November 2008, he has put 87 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 9 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 28.47 in November 2008 to 17.08, a 40% improvement. Philip has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 31.2% of 284,439 all-time
17.08
signature single · Safe Haven competition 2010
87
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×317.0818.88
top 31.2%17,228 / 59,724
2×25.618.07
top 46.6%18,873 / 40,951
3×3 one-handed38.8048.10
top 63.6%8,990 / 15,683
4×42:04.38
top 83.6%15,672 / 19,072
5×54:17.40
top 93.7%8,906 / 9,401

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

Newark Open 2008: 28.47Newark Winter 2009: 22.59Fort Lee Winter 2009: 21.28Connecticut Summer Competition 2009: 18.28Safe Haven competition 2010: 17.08Captain's Cove competition 2010: 17.1517.0828.478 Nov 200829 May 2010

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-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 2.08 away.
  • A sub-5 2×2 single — 73,413 people have one; it is 0.61 away.

Targets move as he improves.