People · New Zealand
Jude Michaels
3×3 · top 3.1% of 284,439 all-time · competing since April 2023 · 2023MICH07
Jude Michaels has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.16, set at We Laugh Pohanghang 2025, puts him in the top 3.1% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 92nd in New Zealand. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 8 competitions since April 2023, he has put 80 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one, an early reading from 7 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 17.09 in April 2023 to 8.16, a 52% improvement. Jude has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | New Zealand | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 8.16 | 10.74 | top 3.1% | 92 / 2,095 | |
| 2×2 | 2.04 | 4.03 | top 5.0% | 117 / 1,615 | |
| Skewb | 5.11 | 7.09 | top 19.0% | 156 / 666 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 20.21 | 22.11 | top 21.0% | 121 / 600 | |
| Megaminx | 3:00.53 | — | early days — 2 solves | 237 / 283 |
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
- 15 Jun 2024First sub-10 3×3: 9.44 at Prime Cubing Day Seoul 2024.
- 12 Aug 2023First sub-15 3×3: 13.14 at Rubik's WCA World Championship 2023.
- 12 Aug 2023Three personal bests in one day at Rubik's WCA World Championship 2023.
- 15 Apr 2023First competition: Daegu Hot Spring 2023. A 17.09 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- FMC World 2026 · 20 Jun 2026
- We Laugh Pohanghang 2025 · 14 Sep 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Korea Newcomers PM 2025 · 8 Mar 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Korea Qualifier - Seoul A 2024 · 22 Jun 2024
- Prime Cubing Day Seoul 2024 · 15 Jun 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Rubik's WCA World Championship 2023 · 12 Aug 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Seoul Spring 2023 · 7 May 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Daegu Hot Spring 2023 · 15 Apr 2023
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.
- Minseo Gu (구민서) — met in 18 rounds, never finished ahead
- DongSoo Park (박동수) — met in 17 rounds, never finished ahead
- Ko Youngjin (고영진) — met in 16 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.16 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.04 away.
Targets move as he improves.