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Phillip Monteiro

Skewb · top 1.6% of 73,281 all-time · competing since October 2017 · 2017MONT24

Phillip Monteiro has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the Skewb: a personal-best single of 2.10, set at Flower City Cube Fest 2022, puts him in the top 1.6% of the 73,281 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 239th in the United States. Until December 2014, no official Skewb solve in the world had been that fast. Across 7 competitions since October 2017, he has put 224 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 51% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 20.19 in October 2017 to 8.17, a 60% improvement. Phillip has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% of everyone who has ever competed.

Skewb
best event — top 1.6% of 73,281 all-time
2.10
signature single · Flower City Cube Fest 2022
224
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 51% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
Skewb2.106.75
top 1.6%239 / 18,907
3×38.1711.23
top 3.1%1,757 / 59,724
Pyraminx3.287.36
top 4.6%1,203 / 28,708
Square-110.5213.42
top 7.0%515 / 6,743
2×22.713.57
top 11.0%4,349 / 40,951
4×441.7544.90
top 14.2%2,110 / 19,072
3×3 one-handed19.0323.41
top 17.9%2,305 / 15,683
Megaminx1:22.111:33.37
top 23.2%1,594 / 7,841
6×63:48.194:03.65
early days — 3 solves2,378 / 4,196
Clock24.04
top 74.8%6,520 / 8,927

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

Pickering 2017: 20.19Oakville Limited Winter 2018: 20.28Upstate Cubing 2018: 14.84Oakville Limited Fall 2018: 12.31CubingUSA Nationals 2019: 10.06Ken-Ton Cubing 2019: 8.68Flower City Cube Fest 2022: 8.178.1720.2814 Oct 201730 Jul 2022

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 Skewb single — 1,013 people have one; it is 0.10 away.
  • A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.17 away.

Targets move as he improves.