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Phoenix Patterson

3×3 · top 0.019% of 284,439 all-time · competing since May 2018 · 2018PATT04

Phoenix Patterson has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 4.13, set at Australian Nationals 2026, puts him in the top 0.019% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 5th in Australia. Until November 2018, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 97 competitions since May 2018, he has put 6,360 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 64% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 28.82 in May 2018 to 4.13, an 86% improvement. Phoenix has entered 97 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 0.019% of 284,439 all-time
4.13
signature single · Australian Nationals 2026
6,360
official solves on the record
14%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 64% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingAustralia
3×34.135.97
top 0.019%5 / 11,709
3×3 one-handed6.9711.20
top 0.066%2 / 2,659
2×20.711.14
top 0.13%30 / 8,567
Pyraminx1.252.06
top 0.18%12 / 5,993
Skewb1.292.73
top 0.19%8 / 3,534
Square-15.298.49
top 0.38%5 / 899
4×423.7727.38
top 0.45%12 / 3,051
5×550.4755.93
top 1.9%25 / 1,356
Megaminx41.3147.83
top 1.9%27 / 1,277
Clock4.376.11
top 3.0%41 / 1,095
7×72:33.962:40.49
top 4.4%21 / 523
6×61:44.711:48.20
top 5.4%33 / 641
3×3 Fewest Moves31 moves33.67
top 17.4%81 / 468

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

Cube for Cambodia 2018: 28.82Melbourne Winter 2018: 23.25St Kevin's College Spring 2018: 22.31Melbourne Cube Days 2018: 20.93Melbourne Summer 2019: 18.52Cool Down Sydney 2019: 23.04Brilliant Ballarat 2019: 21.06Solving in Sale 2019: 17.95Cube for Cambodia 2019: 17.80Koalafication Melbourne 2019: 14.73WCA World Championship 2019: 13.75Horsham 2019: 13.12Altona Algorithms 2019: 11.77Puzzling Pakenham 2019: 10.22Melbourne Cube Days 2019: 10.05Surf Coast Cubing 2019: 8.30Melbourne Summer 2020: 8.21Adelaide Twin Sunday 2021: 7.19Melbourne Summer 2021: 8.36Barwon Cube for the Kids 2021: 6.73Solving in Sale 2021: 6.66Altona Algorithms Attempt 2 2021: 7.03December Series: Geelong says So-Long 2021: 5.82Melbourne Summer 2022: 6.84Brilliant Ballarat 2022: 6.32Melbourne Mini Sunday 2022: 6.11Solving in Sale 2022: 6.39Wonderful Williamstown 2022: 6.33Victorian Open 2022: 6.98Melbourne Trilogy Saturday 2022: 6.01Apollo Bay Cubing 2022: 5.95Koalafication Melbourne 2022: 6.18Melbourne Cube Days 2022: 6.20Rubik's WCA Oceanic Championship 2022: 6.68Melbourne Summer 2023: 5.95Kensington Summer Sunday 2023: 6.27Brilliant Ballarat 2023: 6.23Speedcubing at Seaworks 2023: 6.24Solving in Sale 2023: 7.18Apollo Bay Cubing 2023: 6.23St Oliver's Speedy Sunday 2023: 4.74Victorian Open 2023: 5.73Geelong Winter 2023: 6.11Melbourne Cubing for Kids Saturday 2023: 5.83Cranbourne Spring Sunday 2023: 5.70Cubing with Penguins by Phillip Island 2023: 5.96Australian Nationals 2023: 5.49The Big Cube Melbourne 2023: 6.21Melbourne Cube Days 2023: 6.24Hampton Park Summer Sunday 2023: 5.52Melbourne Summer 2024: 5.40Don't Inverloch Up 2024: 6.04Altona Algorithms 2024: 6.57Brilliant Ballarat 2024: 5.75Cubing at The Game Expo 2024: 6.13Solving In Sale 2024: 6.10Kensington May Sunday 2024: 6.23Apollo Bay Cubing 2024: 5.72Australian Nationals 2024: 6.27The Big Cube Melbourne 2024: 6.10Geelong Winter 2024: 5.51Spark Melbourne Spring Saturday 2024: 5.48Nimble Newborough 2024: 6.19Melbourne Cube Days 2024: 5.76Rubik's WCA Oceanic Championship 2024: 5.57Melbourne Summer 2025: 6.26Brilliant Ballarat 2025: 6.12Spark Melbourne February 2025: 6.05Solving in Sale 2025: 5.81Don't Inverloch Up 2025: 5.39Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025: 6.41Spark Melbourne July 2025: 5.69Geelong Winter 2025: 6.18Puzzling Pakenham Saturday 2025: 5.01Australian Nationals 2025: 5.98The Big Cube Melbourne 2025: 5.88Apollo Bay Cubing 2025: 5.24Nimble Newborough 2025: 6.32Melbourne Cube Days 2025: 5.37Melbourne Summer 2026: 6.15Don't Inverloch Up 2026: 5.70North-East Melbourne March Saturday 2026: 5.36West Melbourne Open 2026: 5.80Solving in Sale 2026: 6.26Spark Melbourne Autumn Sunday 2026: 6.06Brilliant Ballarat 2026: 6.18Australian Nationals 2026: 4.13Geelong Winter 2026: 5.894.1328.826 May 201829 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-4 3×3 single — 38 people have one; it is 0.13 away.
  • A sub-6 3×3 one-handed single — 4 people have one; it is 0.97 away.

Targets move as he improves.