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Phillip Lane

2×2 · top 6.7% of 186,767 all-time · competing since May 2015 · 2015LANE01

Phillip Lane has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.26, set at Alabama Crimson Cubing Spring 2025, puts him in the top 6.7% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,653rd in the United States. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 20 competitions since May 2015, he has put 531 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 82% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 21.32 in May 2015 to 10.24, a 52% improvement. Phillip has entered 20 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 6.7% of 186,767 all-time
2.26
signature single · Alabama Crimson Cubing Spring 2025
531
official solves on the record
15%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 82% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
2×22.263.50
top 6.7%2,653 / 40,951
3×310.2414.77
top 8.2%4,498 / 59,724
Pyraminx4.777.02
top 11.8%3,059 / 28,708
Clock8.099.15
top 15.6%1,192 / 8,927
Skewb5.238.21
top 20.0%3,169 / 18,907
4×447.1555.87
top 21.0%3,193 / 19,072
5×51:59.172:11.63
top 48.7%4,084 / 9,401
Megaminx2:11.392:23.83
top 51.9%3,887 / 7,841
3×3 one-handed34.4947.81
top 56.3%7,829 / 15,683
Square-139.2646.18
top 64.4%4,235 / 6,743
6×64:19.475:10.47
top 71.6%2,824 / 4,196
3×3 Fewest Moves52 moves—
early days — 3 solves1,683 / 2,040

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

Peach State 2015: 21.32Music City Fall 2017: 22.40Rocket City 2.0 2017: 18.62Vanderbilt Spring 2024: 16.11Alabama Championship 2024: 14.46Bama Big Cubes 2024: 15.12Alabama Crimson Cubing Spring 2025: 14.88CubingUSA Southeast Championship 2025: 14.71Louisiana Mega Two Day 2025: 12.76Alabama Crimson Cubing Fall 2025: 14.62Coosa Cubing Clash 2025: 12.76Georgia Championship 2026: 14.70CubingUSA Southeast Championship 2026: 15.09GA Cuber Jackets Spring 2026: 14.32Cube Against Cancer Franklin 2026: 11.73GA Cubers Pride 2026: 13.09Warm Up Carolina Pride 2026: 12.48Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2026: 13.48Scenic City Summer TN 2026: 10.2410.2422.4023 May 20158 Aug 2026

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 0.26 away.
  • A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.24 away.

Targets move as he improves.