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Phoenix Pham

2×2 · top 6.1% of 186,767 all-time · competing since September 2017 · 2017PHAM07

Phoenix Pham has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.19, set at Melbourne Winter 2018, puts him in the top 6.1% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 442nd in Australia. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 34 competitions since September 2017, he has put 1,210 official solves on the record across 14 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 74% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 14.96 in September 2017 to 9.64, a 36% improvement. Phoenix has entered 34 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 6.1% of 186,767 all-time
2.19
signature single · Melbourne Winter 2018
1,210
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 74% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingAustralia
2×22.193.84
top 6.1%442 / 8,567
3×39.6411.89
top 6.5%590 / 11,709
Square-111.9914.37
top 9.9%103 / 899
4×439.4546.71
top 11.5%299 / 3,051
3×3 one-handed17.9319.83
top 14.9%333 / 2,659
Megaminx1:14.711:29.48
top 18.5%219 / 1,277
Pyraminx6.529.03
top 24.0%1,216 / 5,993
Skewb6.419.69
top 29.0%799 / 3,534
5×51:32.851:40.11
top 29.7%405 / 1,356
Clock12.1315.91
top 35.6%372 / 1,095
3×3 Fewest Moves38 moves39.00
top 40.9%191 / 468
3×3 blindfolded2:56.63—
top 51.4%238 / 394
6×64:21.44—
top 72.2%454 / 641
7×77:35.92—
early days — 3 solves424 / 523

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

Australian Nationals 2017: 14.96Melbourne Cube Days 2017: 13.85Cube for Cambodia 2018: 14.88Melbourne Winter 2018: 14.62Altona Algorithms 2019: 14.06Melbourne Cube Days 2019: 13.95December Series: Kensington 2021: 10.90Melbourne Summer 2022: 12.08Brilliant Ballarat 2022: 12.55Melbourne Mini Saturday 2022: 11.08Wonderful Williamstown 2022: 12.23Melbourne Trilogy Sunday 2022: 9.64Koalafication Melbourne 2022: 9.90Rubik's WCA Oceanic Championship 2022: 11.95Melbourne Summer 2023: 11.73Kensington Summer Saturday 2023: 10.70Speedcubing at Seaworks 2023: 11.09St Oliver's Speedy Saturday 2023: 10.26Victorian Open 2023: 10.78The Big Cube Melbourne 2023: 11.77Melbourne Cube Days 2023: 10.94Altona Algorithms 2024: 10.06Spark Melbourne Spring Sunday 2024: 10.75Melbourne Cube Days 2024: 10.47Melbourne Summer 2025: 12.00VIC State Championship 2025: 9.67Spark Melbourne July 2025: 11.03The Big Cube Melbourne 2025: 10.70Melbourne Cube Days 2025: 12.41North-East Melbourne March Sunday 2026: 11.12Australian Nationals 2026: 10.509.6414.9623 Sep 20179 Jul 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.

  • Myles Jarman — met in 217 rounds, finished ahead 18 times
  • Riley Dexter — met in 204 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
  • Emmet Hobbs — met in 199 rounds, finished ahead 128 times

Next targets

  • A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.19 away.
  • A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.64 away.

Targets move as he improves.