People · Australia
Wilbur Phillips
2×2 · top 5.8% of 189,179 all-time · competing since January 2021 · 2021PHIL02
Wilbur Phillips has been competing for 6 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.14, set at Melbourne Summer 2022, puts him in the top 5.8% of the 189,179 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 425th in Australia. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 17 competitions since January 2021, he has put 527 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 82% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 15.13 in January 2021 to 10.45, a 31% improvement. Wilbur has entered 17 competitions, more competitions than 96% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Australia | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 2.14 | 3.92 | top 5.8% | 425 / 8,727 | |
| 3×3 | 10.45 | 12.03 | top 8.9% | 799 / 11,943 | |
| Skewb | 4.49 | 8.27 | top 14.4% | 382 / 3,589 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.00 | 7.92 | top 20.0% | 1,000 / 6,109 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 25.66 | 30.91 | top 36.1% | 830 / 2,685 | |
| 4×4 | 1:04.76 | 1:24.37 | top 41.6% | 1,121 / 3,108 | |
| Megaminx | 2:17.70 | 2:37.78 | top 55.4% | 709 / 1,313 | |
| Square-1 | 57.66 | — | top 82.2% | 796 / 920 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 57 moves | — | early days — 1 solve | 424 / 474 |
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
- 21 Jan 2022Three personal bests in one day at Melbourne Summer 2022.
- 17 Apr 2021First sub-15 3×3: 14.97 at Altona Algorithms Attempt 2 2021.
- 17 Apr 2021Six personal bests in one day at Altona Algorithms Attempt 2 2021.
- 23 Jan 2021First competition: Melbourne Summer 2021. A 15.13 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- VIC State Championship 2025 · 31 May 2025
- Kensington May Sunday 2024 · 12 May 2024
- Brilliant Ballarat 2024 · 16 Mar 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Victorian Open 2023 · 1 Jul 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Apollo Bay Cubing 2023 · 13 May 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Speedcubing at Seaworks 2023 · 18 Mar 2023
- Brilliant Ballarat 2023 · 25 Feb 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Rubik's WCA Oceanic Championship 2022 · 15 Dec 2022
- Melbourne Cube Days 2022 · 12 Nov 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Victorian Open 2022 · 4 Jun 2022
- Wonderful Williamstown 2022 · 23 Apr 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Melbourne Mini Saturday 2022 · 5 Mar 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Brilliant Ballarat 2022 · 12 Feb 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Melbourne Summer 2022 · 21 Jan 2022 — 3 personal bests set
- December Series: Kensington 2021 · 19 Dec 2021
- Altona Algorithms Attempt 2 2021 · 17 Apr 2021 — 6 personal bests set
- Melbourne Summer 2021 · 23 Jan 2021
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.
- Phoenix Patterson — met in 105 rounds, never finished ahead
- Myles Jarman — met in 92 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Ben Wakelin — met in 90 rounds, finished ahead 20 times
Next targets
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 9,039 people have one; it is 0.14 away.
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,606 people have one; it is 0.45 away.
Targets move as he improves.