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Samuel Phillips

3×3 · top 3.7% of 284,439 all-time · competing since December 2021 · 2021PHIL07

Samuel Phillips has been competing for 5 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.47, set at Vegas Cubing Cup Summer 2024, puts him in the top 3.7% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,080th in the United States. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 15 competitions since December 2021, he has put 550 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 58% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 22.98 in December 2021 to 8.47, a 63% improvement. Samuel has entered 15 competitions, more competitions than 95% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 3.7% of 284,439 all-time
8.47
signature single · Vegas Cubing Cup Summer 2024
550
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 58% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×38.4710.58
top 3.7%2,080 / 59,724
2×22.393.98
top 7.9%3,103 / 40,951
3×3 one-handed14.9219.94
top 8.0%1,068 / 15,683
4×436.4741.26
top 8.1%1,228 / 19,072
Pyraminx4.525.42
top 10.3%2,692 / 28,708
5×51:13.821:19.70
top 14.4%1,106 / 9,401
6×62:11.312:18.93
top 15.9%567 / 4,196
Megaminx1:15.041:21.01
top 18.7%1,269 / 7,841
7×73:33.064:02.93
top 20.8%590 / 3,184
Clock10.2414.23
top 26.3%2,029 / 8,927
Square-121.7326.80
top 31.8%2,063 / 6,743
Skewb7.919.67
top 40.6%7,021 / 18,907

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

Westview Winter B 2021: 22.98AZCubing Winter 2022: 20.12Never Stop Turning AZ 2023: 11.97Cubing in Glendale 2023: 12.55Arizona Speedcubing Summer 2023: 11.61Sonoran Side Events 2023: 9.62Phoenix Cubing Open 2023: 10.49Prescott Cubing Winter 2024: 10.67Vegas Cubing Cup Summer 2024: 8.47Arizona Autumn 2024: 9.99Bring the Heat AZ 2025: 10.36West Coast Cubing Western Championship 2025: 9.40Frost-Free Favorites AZ 2025: 9.49Arizona Championship 2026: 9.83Bring the Heat AZ 2026: 9.618.4722.9811 Dec 202118 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.

Next targets

  • A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.47 away.
  • A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.39 away.

Targets move as he improves.