People · United States
Thomas Phillips
2×2 · top 38.4% of 186,767 all-time · competing since May 2023 · 2023PHIL13
Thomas Phillips has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 4.93, set at Door County Cube Challenge 2025, puts him in the top 38.4% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 15,399th in the United States. Across 7 competitions since May 2023, he has put 112 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 10% around a typical one, steadier than 97% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. That figure sets aside his 3 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 30.24 in May 2023 to 22.18, a 27% improvement. Thomas 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 | 4.93 | 6.88 | top 38.4% | 15,399 / 40,951 | |
| 3×3 | 22.18 | 24.16 | top 45.9% | 26,506 / 59,724 | |
| Pyraminx | 10.28 | 17.17 | top 55.2% | 16,133 / 28,708 | |
| 4×4 | 2:01.16 | 2:12.01 | top 82.2% | 15,328 / 19,072 | |
| Skewb | 19.07 | 23.95 | top 88.1% | 16,950 / 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
Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 19 May 2024First sub-30 3×3: 25.99 at Chicago Area Twist Spring B 2024.
- 19 May 2024Three personal bests in one day at Chicago Area Twist Spring B 2024.
- 20 May 2023First competition: Door County Cube Challenge 2023. A 30.24 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Wisconsin Championship 2025 · 4 Oct 2025
- Door County Cube Challenge 2025 · 10 May 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Cubing in Oak Creek 2024 · 10 Aug 2024
- Chicago Area Twist Spring B 2024 · 19 May 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Green Bay 2023 · 12 Nov 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- OH in a Madison Ballroom 2023 · 8 Jul 2023
- Door County Cube Challenge 2023 · 20 May 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.
- Carter Kucala — met in 23 rounds, never finished ahead
- Simon Kellum — met in 21 rounds, never finished ahead
- Brian Johnson — met in 19 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-4 2×2 single — 49,452 people have one; it is 0.93 away.
- A sub-20 3×3 single — 113,584 people have one; it is 2.18 away.
Targets move as he improves.