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Philippos Karypis

2×2 · top 6.0% of 186,767 all-time · competing since May 2016 · 2016KARY01

Philippos Karypis has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.17, set at Minnesota Meetup IV Monday 2024, puts him in the top 6.0% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,387th in the United States. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 22 competitions since May 2016, he has put 645 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 83% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 28.91 in May 2016 to 9.84, a 66% improvement. Philippos has entered 22 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 6.0% of 186,767 all-time
2.17
signature single · Minnesota Meetup IV Monday 2024
645
official solves on the record
15%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 83% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
2×22.174.16
top 6.0%2,387 / 40,951
3×39.8411.33
top 7.0%3,854 / 59,724
Pyraminx4.888.15
top 12.4%3,236 / 28,708
4×443.7852.23
top 16.8%2,540 / 19,072
Skewb5.548.30
top 22.3%3,547 / 18,907
3×3 one-handed21.7630.55
top 25.3%3,266 / 15,683
Square-122.9134.09
top 34.5%2,238 / 6,743
5×51:42.111:54.05
top 37.0%2,948 / 9,401
6×63:47.78—
top 61.5%2,372 / 4,196
Clock20.9831.78
top 67.5%5,807 / 8,927
7×76:59.35—
early days — 1 solve2,512 / 3,184

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

Minnesota Cube Melt 2016: 28.91Thessalonicube 2016: 22.50Wiscube 2016: 24.91Cubetcha 2016: 22.01Mega Minnesota Winter 2016: 20.00Iowa State Spring 2017: 13.24South Omaha Speedsolve 2017: 14.22September Speedcubing 2017: 12.87Cubetcha 2017: 13.14North Iowa 2017: 13.21New Ulm Reboot 2024: 16.29CubingUSA Heartland Championship 2024: 12.01Minnesota Warm Up 2024: 11.87Minnesota Meetup IV Monday 2024: 12.16Rosemount Big Cubes 2024: 11.05Rosemount Side Events 2024: 14.65Cubing on Lake Superior 2024: 10.94Cubetcha MN 2024: 11.40Minnesota Newcomer Sunday 2025: 11.33CubingUSA Heartland Championship 2025: 9.84Cubetcha MN 2025: 10.929.8428.9121 May 201618 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-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.17 away.
  • A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.84 away.

Targets move as he improves.