He competed on the Great Britain Paraclimbing Team, where he was the youngest member,[1] and is a 3 times World Champion in the AU2[2] (Upper Arm Amputation) category.

[4] He is currently taking a break from competing and concerntrating on building his coaching and routesetting before looking to possibly try out for the Paralympics in 2028.

[8] He left school in 2019 and spent time in Boulder, Colorado climbing with his coach Robin O'Leary and a number of US climbers.

Phillips returned to the United Kingdom where he now works as a Climbing Instructor at Surrey Summit, alongside competing.

[21] In the ParaClimb Scotland 2019 Competition Phillips took gold in what is thought to have been the first Para-Speed Climbing event, on an international approved speed wall, in the United Kingdom with a time of 25.36s.