People · United States
Melissa Su
3×3 · top 0.87% of 284,439 all-time · competing since May 2014 · 2014SUME02
Melissa Su has been competing for 12 years. Her best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 6.52, set at CubingUSA Nationals 2019, puts her in the top 0.87% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 551st in the United States. Until May 2011, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 19 competitions since May 2014, she has put 972 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, her 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 52% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. Her 3×3 best has come down from 13.44 in May 2014 to 6.52, a 51% improvement. Melissa has entered 19 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 6.52 | 9.16 | top 0.87% | 551 / 59,724 | |
| Pyraminx | 2.92 | 5.84 | top 3.4% | 883 / 28,708 | |
| 2×2 | 1.79 | 3.06 | top 3.5% | 1,386 / 40,951 | |
| Megaminx | 48.42 | 53.98 | top 4.4% | 310 / 7,841 | |
| 4×4 | 36.13 | 40.24 | top 7.8% | 1,186 / 19,072 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 15.43 | 22.53 | top 9.0% | 1,198 / 15,683 | |
| Skewb | 3.71 | 5.37 | top 9.0% | 1,384 / 18,907 | |
| 5×5 | 1:11.91 | 1:29.58 | top 13.0% | 1,002 / 9,401 | |
| Square-1 | 20.98 | 32.03 | top 30.2% | 1,950 / 6,743 | |
| 6×6 | 3:20.87 | 3:34.81 | top 50.9% | 1,914 / 4,196 | |
| Clock | 19.16 | 25.71 | top 62.2% | 5,263 / 8,927 |
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
- 1 Aug 2019Four personal bests in one day at CubingUSA Nationals 2019.
- 27 Jul 2018Five personal bests in one day at CubingUSA Nationals 2018.
- 9 Mar 2018Five personal bests in one day at CubingUSA Heartland Championship 2018.
- 9 Dec 2017Three personal bests in one day at North Iowa 2017.
- 28 Oct 2017Three personal bests in one day at Cubetcha 2017.
- 7 Jul 2017Four personal bests in one day at CubingUSA Nationals 2017.
Competitions
- CubingUSA Nationals 2019 · 1 Aug 2019 — 4 personal bests set
- North Star Cubing Challenge 2019 · 26 Jan 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Cubetcha 2018 · 20 Oct 2018
- CubingUSA Nationals 2018 · 27 Jul 2018 — 5 personal bests set
- CubingUSA Heartland Championship 2018 · 9 Mar 2018 — 5 personal bests set
- North Star Cubing Challenge 2018 · 27 Jan 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Race the Clock 2017 · 31 Dec 2017 — 1 personal best set
- North Iowa 2017 · 9 Dec 2017 — 3 personal bests set
- Cubetcha 2017 · 28 Oct 2017 — 3 personal bests set
- CubingUSA Nationals 2017 · 7 Jul 2017 — 4 personal bests set
- Minnesota Cube Melt 2017 · 6 May 2017 — 3 personal bests set
- Mega Minnesota Winter 2016 · 10 Dec 2016 — 4 personal bests set
- Cubetcha 2016 · 5 Nov 2016 — 3 personal bests set
- US Nationals 2016 · 29 Jul 2016 — 4 personal bests set
- Minnesota Cube Melt 2016 · 21 May 2016 — 4 personal bests set
- Cubetcha 2015 · 24 Oct 2015 — 4 personal bests set
- Minnesota Cube Melt 2015 · 9 May 2015 — 4 personal bests set
- Cubetcha 2014 · 1 Nov 2014 — 5 personal bests set
- Minnesota Cube Melt 2014 · 10 May 2014 — 2 personal bests set
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 her.
- Walker Welch — met in 197 rounds, finished ahead 61 times
- Carter Kucala — met in 153 rounds, finished ahead 72 times
- Joshua Feran — met in 144 rounds, finished ahead 81 times
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 0.52 away.
- A sub-2 Pyraminx single — 1,476 people have one; it is 0.92 away.
Targets move as she improves.