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Phu-An Le
3×3 · top 1.8% of 284,439 all-time · competing since October 2023 · 2023LEPH01
Phu-An Le has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.34, set at Berkeley Winter 2024, puts him in the top 1.8% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,055th in the United States. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 5 competitions since October 2023, he has put 106 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one, an early reading from 9 counted rounds. He has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% 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 | 7.34 | 9.57 | top 1.8% | 1,055 / 59,724 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 12.81 | 17.12 | top 4.1% | 601 / 15,683 | |
| 4×4 | 36.29 | 43.33 | top 8.0% | 1,204 / 19,072 | |
| 2×2 | 2.53 | 4.30 | top 9.2% | 3,622 / 40,951 | |
| Megaminx | 1:14.40 | 1:23.07 | top 18.3% | 1,238 / 7,841 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.95 | 9.58 | top 19.6% | 5,234 / 28,708 | |
| 5×5 | 1:30.95 | 1:38.26 | top 28.1% | 2,209 / 9,401 | |
| 6×6 | 3:34.43 | — | early days — 2 solves | 2,138 / 4,196 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 5:47.15 | — | early days — 1 solve | 1,767 / 2,092 |
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
- 14 Oct 2023First competition: Bay Area Speedcubin' 53 - Berkeley 2023. A 7.94 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Berkeley Fall 2024 · 13 Oct 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 65 - Berkeley 2024 · 29 Sep 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Berkeley Winter 2024 · 4 Feb 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Berkeley Fall 2023 · 18 Nov 2023
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 53 - Berkeley 2023 · 14 Oct 2023
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.
- Stanley Tran — met in 26 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Ethan Jan — met in 26 rounds, never finished ahead
- Amahl Weinstein Agrawal — met in 25 rounds, finished ahead 7 times
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.34 away.
- A sub-12 3×3 one-handed single — 2,187 people have one; it is 0.81 away.
Targets move as he improves.