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Micah Franco
3×3 · top 3.2% of 288,433 all-time · competing since January 2023 · 2023FRAN01
Micah Franco has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.21, set at Florida Championship 2026, puts him in the top 3.2% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,838th in the United States. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 9 competitions since January 2023, he has put 236 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 80% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 21.14 in January 2023 to 8.21, a 61% improvement. Micah has entered nine competitions, more competitions than 91% 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 | 8.21 | 9.90 | top 3.2% | 1,838 / 60,666 | |
| 2×2 | 2.30 | 3.74 | top 7.1% | 2,849 / 41,674 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.16 | 7.34 | top 8.5% | 2,223 / 29,168 | |
| Clock | 9.94 | 13.89 | top 24.6% | 1,942 / 9,172 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 21.51 | 31.12 | top 24.7% | 3,214 / 15,900 | |
| 4×4 | 56.51 | 1:05.17 | top 32.6% | 5,246 / 19,354 | |
| Skewb | 8.16 | 9.99 | top 42.6% | 7,543 / 19,164 | |
| Square-1 | 52.62 | — | early days — 2 solves | 5,278 / 6,846 | |
| 5×5 | 3:02.47 | — | top 78.9% | 7,266 / 9,537 |
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 Sep 2026Four personal bests in one day at Florida Championship 2026.
- 14 Dec 2025Four personal bests in one day at Thrice as Nice Miami 2025.
- 13 Sep 2025First sub-10 3×3: 9.83 at Zephyr Cube Bash 2025.
- 13 Sep 2025Five personal bests in one day at Zephyr Cube Bash 2025.
- 14 Oct 2023First sub-20 3×3: 13.79 at Cubing Knights IV 2023.
- 14 Oct 2023First sub-15 3×3: 13.79 at Cubing Knights IV 2023.
Competitions
- Turn Back the Clock Miami 2026 · 10 Oct 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Florida Championship 2026 · 5 Sep 2026 — 4 personal bests set
- Thrice as Nice Miami 2025 · 14 Dec 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Zephyr Cube Bash 2025 · 13 Sep 2025 — 5 personal bests set
- Miami Skewbed 2024 · 16 Nov 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Miami Spring 2024 · 20 Apr 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Cubing Knights IV 2023 · 14 Oct 2023 — 5 personal bests set
- Holiday Open 2023 · 25 Mar 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Pegasus 2023 · 7 Jan 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.
- Carter Bitz — met in 55 rounds, finished ahead once
- Connor Easley — met in 50 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
- Kellan Butler — met in 49 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 0.21 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 9,039 people have one; it is 0.30 away.
Targets move as he improves.