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Ricardo Ivan Philippsen

3×3 · top 4.6% of 284,439 all-time · competing since November 2014 · 2014PHIL06

Ricardo Ivan Philippsen has been competing for 12 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.88, set at Morro Reuter Cubing 2023, puts him in the top 4.6% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 206th in Brazil. Until May 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 14 competitions since November 2014, he has put 803 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 58% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 16.33 in November 2014 to 8.88, a 46% improvement. Ricardo has entered 14 competitions, more competitions than 95% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 4.6% of 284,439 all-time
8.88
signature single · Morro Reuter Cubing 2023
803
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 58% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingBrazil
3×38.8811.01
top 4.6%206 / 9,644
3×3 one-handed13.3620.69
top 5.0%61 / 1,992
Megaminx51.6458.45
top 5.8%37 / 1,062
2×22.745.08
top 11.4%381 / 5,137
4×444.4749.25
top 17.6%215 / 1,855
Square-115.6220.38
top 17.8%94 / 647
3×3 Fewest Moves32 moves—
top 20.4%69 / 360
Pyraminx7.8610.58
top 35.0%842 / 3,208
Skewb7.219.76
top 35.3%444 / 1,463
5×51:42.871:55.94
top 37.5%218 / 845
3×3 blindfolded3:08.996:16.96
top 54.9%147 / 333
7×75:58.576:05.59
top 67.3%147 / 269

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

Porto Alegre Open 2014: 16.33World Rubik's Cube Championship 2015: 12.29Porto Alegre Open 2015: 11.71SESC Gravataí 2016: 13.03Porto Alegre Open 2016: 10.17SESC Gravataí 2017: 10.45SESC Camaquã 2017: 11.11Porto Alegre Open 2017: 9.57SESC Gravataí 2018: 10.28SESC Camaquã 2018: 10.63SESC Gravataí 2019: 10.22Morro Reuter Cubing 2023: 8.88Tuparendi Open Quati 2025: 9.17Passo Fundo Cubing 2026: 9.398.8816.3322 Nov 20142 May 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-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.88 away.
  • A sub-12 3×3 one-handed single — 2,187 people have one; it is 1.36 away.

Targets move as he improves.