People · Australia
Chris Michael
3×3 · top 5.1% of 284,439 all-time · competing since July 2019 · 2019MICH08
Chris Michael has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.09, set at Canberra Spring 2024, puts him in the top 5.1% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 474th in Australia. Until May 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 7 competitions since July 2019, he has put 138 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 17% around a typical one; 94% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 47.41 in July 2019 to 9.09, an 81% improvement. Chris 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 | Australia | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 9.09 | 12.84 | top 5.1% | 474 / 11,709 | |
| 2×2 | 2.54 | 4.32 | top 9.3% | 701 / 8,567 | |
| Pyraminx | 7.29 | 12.18 | top 30.3% | 1,575 / 5,993 | |
| 4×4 | 1:03.58 | 1:10.26 | top 40.2% | 1,067 / 3,051 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 29.73 | 37.51 | top 46.0% | 1,084 / 2,659 | |
| 5×5 | 2:01.91 | 2:32.44 | top 50.4% | 682 / 1,356 |
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
- 5 Oct 2024First sub-10 3×3: 9.09 at Canberra Spring 2024.
- 5 Oct 2024Five personal bests in one day at Canberra Spring 2024.
- 6 May 2023First sub-15 3×3: 14.33 at Chilling in Canberra 2023.
- 6 May 2023Four personal bests in one day at Chilling in Canberra 2023.
- 16 Oct 2022First sub-30 3×3: 16.89 at Marrickville Mini Open AM 2022.
- 16 Oct 2022First sub-20 3×3: 16.89 at Marrickville Mini Open AM 2022.
Competitions
- Canberra Spring 2024 · 5 Oct 2024 — 5 personal bests set
- Chilling in Canberra Sunday 2024 · 23 Jun 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Capital Cubing in Canberra Saturday 2024 · 4 May 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Chilling in Canberra 2023 · 6 May 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- Cubing at The Cube Sunday 2023 · 22 Jan 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Marrickville Mini Open AM 2022 · 16 Oct 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Warm Up Canberra 2019 · 3 Jul 2019
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.
- Pavan Kumar Krishnan Swaminathan — met in 25 rounds, finished ahead twice
- James Kirschner — met in 25 rounds, never finished ahead
- Jad Smith — met in 22 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.09 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.54 away.
Targets move as he improves.