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Phillip Telfer

3×3 · top 31.4% of 284,439 all-time · competing since August 2022 · 2022TELF02

Phillip Telfer has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 17.12, set at West Melbourne Open 2026, puts him in the top 31.4% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,959th in Australia. Across 13 competitions since August 2022, he has put 124 official solves on the record across two events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one; 93% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 28.18 in August 2022 to 17.12, a 39% improvement. Phillip has entered 13 competitions, more competitions than 94% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 31.4% of 284,439 all-time
17.12
signature single · West Melbourne Open 2026
124
official solves on the record
16%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 93% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingAustralia
3×317.1219.29
top 31.4%2,959 / 11,709
2×29.1210.76
top 74.1%6,135 / 8,567

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

Melbourne Trilogy Saturday 2022: 28.18Melbourne Summer 2023: 24.27Brilliant Ballarat 2023: 25.17Hampton Park Summer Saturday 2023: 20.09Melbourne Summer 2024: 23.68Brilliant Ballarat 2024: 22.68Kensington May Saturday 2024: 20.66Geelong Winter 2024: 20.12Geelong Winter 2025: 18.25West Melbourne Open 2026: 17.12Brilliant Ballarat 2026: 17.20Australian Nationals 2026: 17.38Geelong Winter 2026: 18.1317.1228.1813 Aug 202229 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-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 2.12 away.
  • A sub-8 2×2 single — 126,624 people have one; it is 1.12 away.

Targets move as he improves.