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Samuel Phillips
2×2 · top 8.2% of 186,767 all-time · competing since November 2022 · 2022PHIL13
Samuel Phillips has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.43, set at Utah Valley Favorites 2024, puts him in the top 8.2% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3,242nd in the United States. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 7 competitions since November 2022, he has put 165 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 74% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 2×2 best has come down from 3.74 in November 2022 to 2.43, a 35% improvement. Samuel 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 2.43 | 3.06 | top 8.2% | 3,242 / 40,951 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.05 | 6.97 | top 13.5% | 3,522 / 28,708 | |
| 3×3 | 12.65 | 16.25 | top 16.2% | 8,684 / 59,724 | |
| Skewb | 4.81 | 7.62 | top 16.7% | 2,641 / 18,907 | |
| Clock | 10.12 | 11.01 | top 25.7% | 1,969 / 8,927 | |
| Megaminx | 2:43.88 | — | top 67.6% | 5,202 / 7,841 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 42.06 | — | early days — 2 solves | 9,738 / 15,683 | |
| 4×4 | 1:40.98 | — | early days — 1 solve | 12,805 / 19,072 | |
| Square-1 | 1:06.58 | — | early days — 2 solves | 5,886 / 6,743 |
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, 2×2. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 20 Jun 2024First sub-15 3×3: 12.65 at CubingUSA Rocky Mountain Championship 2024.
- 20 Jun 2024Three personal bests in one day at CubingUSA Rocky Mountain Championship 2024.
- 25 Mar 2023First sub-30 3×3: 21.18 at Utah Megacomp 2023.
- 25 Mar 2023First sub-20 3×3: 18.31 at Utah Megacomp 2023.
- 25 Mar 2023Four personal bests in one day at Utah Megacomp 2023.
- 5 Nov 2022First competition: Concordia Turning 2022. A 30.67 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Spanish Fork PM 2024 · 23 Nov 2024
- CubingUSA Rocky Mountain Championship 2024 · 20 Jun 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Utah Valley Favorites 2024 · 1 Jun 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Utah Newcomers 2024 · 16 Mar 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Utah Snowball Bash 2023 · 16 Dec 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Utah Megacomp 2023 · 25 Mar 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- Concordia Turning 2022 · 5 Nov 2022
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.
- Skye Bateman — met in 34 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
- Eric Pesci — met in 32 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Isaac Myers — met in 31 rounds, finished ahead 8 times
Next targets
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.43 away.
- A sub-5 Pyraminx single — 17,019 people have one; it is 0.05 away.
Targets move as he improves.