People · United States
Philip Runyan
3×3 · top 5.8% of 284,439 all-time · competing since March 2025 · 2025RUNY01
Philip Runyan has been competing for a year. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.40, set at Naperville Fall 2025, puts him in the top 5.8% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3,243rd in the United States. Until February 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 11 competitions since March 2025, he has put 344 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 73% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 13.89 in March 2025 to 9.40, a 32% improvement. Philip has entered eleven competitions, more competitions than 93% 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 | 9.40 | 12.97 | top 5.8% | 3,243 / 59,724 | |
| 2×2 | 2.39 | 4.68 | top 7.9% | 3,103 / 40,951 | |
| 5×5 | 1:18.54 | 1:31.50 | top 18.0% | 1,380 / 9,401 | |
| 4×4 | 46.95 | 53.31 | top 20.7% | 3,154 / 19,072 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.57 | 7.26 | top 24.4% | 6,651 / 28,708 | |
| Skewb | 6.70 | 9.03 | top 31.3% | 5,180 / 18,907 | |
| Megaminx | 1:38.12 | 1:47.66 | top 33.5% | 2,369 / 7,841 | |
| 7×7 | 4:39.81 | 4:58.80 | top 44.4% | 1,287 / 3,184 | |
| 6×6 | 3:17.41 | 3:27.25 | top 49.3% | 1,843 / 4,196 | |
| Clock | 16.12 | — | early days — 3 solves | 4,285 / 8,927 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 34.23 | 37.84 | top 55.9% | 7,744 / 15,683 | |
| Square-1 | 40.27 | 48.17 | top 65.7% | 4,318 / 6,743 |
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
- 18 Jul 2026Three personal bests in one day at Naperville Mini III 2026.
- 4 Apr 2026Three personal bests in one day at Racine Rendezvous 2026.
- 7 Feb 2026Four personal bests in one day at Deerfield Dodecahedrons 2026.
- 24 Jan 2026Three personal bests in one day at Wisconsin on Ice 2026.
- 11 Oct 2025First sub-10 3×3: 9.40 at Naperville Fall 2025.
- 19 Apr 2025Three personal bests in one day at UIUC Side Events Spring 2025.
Competitions
- Naperville Mini III 2026 · 18 Jul 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Racing Kane 2026 · 18 Apr 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Racine Rendezvous 2026 · 4 Apr 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Deerfield Dodecahedrons 2026 · 7 Feb 2026 — 4 personal bests set
- Wisconsin on Ice 2026 · 24 Jan 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Naperville Gray Skies 2026 · 17 Jan 2026
- Evanston Fall Favorites A 2025 · 6 Dec 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Naperville Fall 2025 · 11 Oct 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Naperville Mini II 2025 · 14 Jun 2025
- UIUC Side Events Spring 2025 · 19 Apr 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Minnesota Newcomer Sunday 2025 · 23 Mar 2025 — 4 personal bests 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.
- Sebastian Carrillo — met in 53 rounds, never finished ahead
- Zeke Mackay — met in 46 rounds, never finished ahead
- Charles Bois — met in 45 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.40 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.39 away.
Targets move as he improves.