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Zhai Phifer

Megaminx · top 0.93% of 34,786 all-time · competing since September 2022 · 2022PHIF01

Zhai Phifer has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the Megaminx: a personal-best single of 36.92, set at Temecula Valley Back To School 2026, puts him in the top 0.93% of the 34,786 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 62nd in the United States. Until May 2016, no official Megaminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 37 competitions since September 2022, he has put 1,194 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 85% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 32.14 in November 2022 to 6.83, a 79% improvement. Zhai has entered 37 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

Megaminx
best event — top 0.93% of 34,786 all-time
36.92
signature single · Temecula Valley Back To School 2026
1,194
official solves on the record
15%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 85% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
Megaminx36.9239.90
top 0.93%62 / 7,841
3×36.839.38
top 1.1%715 / 59,724
2×21.292.95
top 1.3%553 / 40,951
Pyraminx2.374.06
top 1.9%494 / 28,708
4×434.3040.13
top 6.1%943 / 19,072
Skewb3.445.46
top 7.3%1,139 / 18,907
Clock6.258.33
top 8.1%635 / 8,927
3×3 one-handed18.7025.39
top 17.0%2,190 / 15,683
5×51:19.291:31.91
top 18.5%1,437 / 9,401
Square-121.1733.33
top 30.6%1,980 / 6,743
7×74:28.664:34.78
top 40.6%1,151 / 3,184

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

Circle City Supercharged 2022: 32.14Oak Valley Winter A 2023: 22.96UCSD For Hemophilia 2023: 18.22Rialto Cubing Summer 2023: 13.08Santa Ana Summer B 2023: 11.65Jurupa Valley Cubing Fall 2023: 11.67UCSD Winter 2023: 10.43Poway Cubing Winter 2024: 10.48Orange County Newcomers 2024: 11.06Los Angeles Newcomers 2024: 9.81Nub Open Yucaipa 2024: 11.71Temecula Valley Spring 2024: 10.92Vegas Cubing Cup Spring 2024: 9.19Agoura Cubing Returns 2024: 10.67CubingUSA Rocky Mountain Championship 2024: 10.32Nub Open Mission Viejo Summer 2024: 8.42La La Land 2024: 9.17Aliso Niguel Summer 2024: 9.12UCSD Fall 2024: 9.55Cubes Canes & Joy Vegas 2024: 9.77Cube Against Cancer - Orange County 2025: 8.47Agoura Side Events Day 2025: 9.86Let's Cube Long Beach 2025: 8.12Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025: 11.80UCLA Summer 2025: 7.83Vegas Cubing Cup Summer 2025: 8.12Mission Viejo Fall 2025: 8.16UCLA Spring 2026: 6.83UCSD March A 2026: 8.68Temecula Valley Spring 2026: 8.97Cube Against Cancer - Orange County 2026: 7.40West Coast Cubing Western Championship 2026: 7.82Temecula Valley Back To School 2026: 10.296.8332.1419 Nov 202222 Aug 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-30 Megaminx single — 75 people have one; it is 6.92 away.
  • A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 0.83 away.

Targets move as he improves.