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Timothy Phan

3×3 · top 11.2% of 284,439 all-time · competing since February 2023 · 2023PHAN02

Timothy Phan has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 11.24, set at Bay Area Side Events Day 2025, puts him in the top 11.2% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 6,080th in the United States. Across 20 competitions since February 2023, he has put 347 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 92% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 15.81 in February 2023 to 11.24, a 29% improvement. Timothy has entered 20 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 11.2% of 284,439 all-time
11.24
signature single · Bay Area Side Events Day 2025
347
official solves on the record
11%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 92% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×311.2415.09
top 11.2%6,080 / 59,724
Square-114.4516.57
top 15.2%1,023 / 6,743
Clock9.8611.98
top 24.4%1,875 / 8,927
2×24.116.33
top 27.9%11,015 / 40,951
4×41:05.261:15.82
top 42.0%6,902 / 19,072
Skewb8.5412.08
top 45.3%7,981 / 18,907
Pyraminx9.2413.51
top 46.9%13,509 / 28,708
3×3 one-handed34.7644.32
top 56.8%7,909 / 15,683
Megaminx2:40.31—
early days — 2 solves5,066 / 7,841
5×52:32.44—
top 66.9%5,849 / 9,401
7×77:27.76—
early days — 1 solve2,673 / 3,184
6×65:46.94—
early days — 2 solves3,682 / 4,196

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

Bay Area Speedcubin' 41 2023: 15.81Bay Area Speedcubin' 43 2023: 16.89Bay Area Speedcubin' 46 Live - SSF 2023: 15.28Bay Area Speedcubin' 47 - Berkeley Pride 2023: 17.25Bay Area Speedcubin' 48 - 6.25 Berkeley 2023: 13.37CubingUSA Western Championship 2023: 16.29Bay Area Speedcubin' 50 - Berkeley 2023: 13.36Berkeley Summer 2023: 13.31Bay Area Speedcubin' 51 Live - SSF 2023: 12.98Bay Area Speedcubin' 53 - Berkeley 2023: 12.17Bay Area Speedcubin' 54 Live - SSF 2023: 13.81Berkeley Fall 2023: 12.77Bay Area Speedcubin' 58 - Berkeley 2024: 14.45Berkeley Spring 2024: 16.12Cool Down Berkeley 2024: 13.41Bay Area Speedcubin' 67 - San Ramon 2025: 12.67Bay Area Side Events Day 2025: 11.2411.2417.2512 Feb 202323 Feb 2025

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.

  • An Le — met in 81 rounds, finished ahead twice
  • Stanley Tran — met in 81 rounds, finished ahead twice
  • Nolan Yiu — met in 75 rounds, finished ahead once

Next targets

  • A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 1.24 away.
  • A sub-12 Square-1 single — 2,502 people have one; it is 2.45 away.

Targets move as he improves.