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Phoenix Truesdell
3×3 · top 1.9% of 288,433 all-time · competing since October 2015 · 2015TRUE01
Phoenix Truesdell has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.43, set at Christmas City Cubing PA 2026, puts him in the top 1.9% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,155th in the United States. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 7 competitions since October 2015, he has put 142 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 10% around a typical one, steadier than 97% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 12.86 in October 2015 to 7.43, a 42% improvement. Phoenix has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 7.43 | 7.80 | top 1.9% | 1,155 / 60,666 | |
| Pyraminx | 3.02 | 7.21 | top 3.7% | 999 / 29,168 | |
| 2×2 | 2.76 | 3.81 | top 11.6% | 4,641 / 41,674 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 25.56 | 26.86 | top 35.8% | 4,789 / 15,900 | |
| 4×4 | 1:11.05 | 1:13.36 | top 48.0% | 8,118 / 19,354 | |
| 5×5 | 2:18.54 | — | early days — 2 solves | 5,250 / 9,537 |
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
Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 13 Feb 2016First sub-10 3×3: 9.82 at Williams Winter 2016.
- 13 Feb 2016Six personal bests in one day at Williams Winter 2016.
- 21 Nov 2015Three personal bests in one day at Manhasset Fall 2015.
- 3 Oct 2015First competition: Phillips Exeter Cube Day 2015. A 12.86 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Christmas City Cubing PA 2026 · 4 Oct 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Empire State ALL11-Stars 2026 · 7 Mar 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Brown Cubing Day 2026 · 21 Feb 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Williams Winter 2016 · 13 Feb 2016 — 6 personal bests set
- Red Cross Cubing Open 2016 · 9 Jan 2016 — 1 personal best set
- Manhasset Fall 2015 · 21 Nov 2015 — 3 personal bests set
- Phillips Exeter Cube Day 2015 · 3 Oct 2015
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.
- Daniel Rose-Levine — met in 20 rounds, never finished ahead
- Chris Chi — met in 18 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
- Livia Kleiner — met in 14 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,419 people have one; it is 1.43 away.
- A sub-3 Pyraminx single — 4,783 people have one; it is 0.02 away.
Targets move as he improves.