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Phillip Hoff
3×3 · top 6.6% of 284,439 all-time · competing since January 2017 · 2017HOFF01
Phillip Hoff has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.69, set at Colorado Waffle Jostle 2023, puts him in the top 6.6% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3,632nd in the United States. Until November 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 18 competitions since January 2017, he has put 539 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 55% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 14.20 in January 2017 to 9.69, a 32% improvement. Phillip has entered 18 competitions, more competitions than 96% 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 | 9.69 | 11.63 | top 6.6% | 3,632 / 59,724 | |
| 7×7 | 3:16.37 | 3:33.40 | top 15.2% | 424 / 3,184 | |
| 5×5 | 1:16.02 | 1:23.95 | top 16.1% | 1,248 / 9,401 | |
| 4×4 | 43.35 | 50.63 | top 16.2% | 2,460 / 19,072 | |
| 2×2 | 3.33 | 4.84 | top 18.1% | 7,108 / 40,951 | |
| 6×6 | 2:17.83 | 2:28.71 | top 19.4% | 686 / 4,196 | |
| Megaminx | 1:22.41 | 1:31.71 | top 23.4% | 1,606 / 7,841 |
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
- 29 Apr 2023Four personal bests in one day at Colorado Waffle Jostle 2023.
- 31 Aug 2019First sub-10 3×3: 9.72 at Denver Back to School 2019.
- 25 May 2019Five personal bests in one day at Colorado Qualifier 2019.
- 26 May 2018Five personal bests in one day at Colorado Qualifier 2018.
- 7 Jan 2017First competition: Longmont Cube Open 2017. A 16.30 3×3 single to start from.
- 7 Jan 2017First sub-15 3×3: 14.60 at Longmont Cube Open 2017.
Competitions
- Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025 · 3 Jul 2025
- CubingUSA Rocky Mountain Championship 2023 · 3 Nov 2023
- Colorado Waffle Jostle 2023 · 29 Apr 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- Mile High Megacomp 2023 · 4 Mar 2023 — 1 personal best set
- DeNxNver 2022 · 12 Feb 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Colorado Springs Winter 2020 · 11 Jan 2020 — 2 personal bests set
- Veterans Day Open 2019 · 9 Nov 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Denver Back to School 2019 · 31 Aug 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Pikes Peak 2019 · 22 Jun 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Colorado Qualifier 2019 · 25 May 2019 — 5 personal bests set
- Rocky Mountain Spring 2019 · 30 Mar 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Pueblo Open 2018 · 18 Aug 2018
- Colorado Qualifier 2018 · 26 May 2018 — 5 personal bests set
- Veterans Day Open 2017 · 11 Nov 2017
- Longmont Summer 2017 · 26 Aug 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- CubingUSA Nationals 2017 · 7 Jul 2017 — 1 personal best set
- 1 Body Cubing 2017 · 3 Jun 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Longmont Cube Open 2017 · 7 Jan 2017 — 3 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.
- Jesse Hartnett — met in 78 rounds, finished ahead 19 times
- Dylan Hughlett — met in 78 rounds, finished ahead once
- Jordan Mosakowski — met in 75 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.69 away.
- A sub-3:00 7×7 single — 1,507 people have one; it is 16.37 away.
Targets move as he improves.