People · United States
Micah Lee
3×3 · top 5.9% of 284,439 all-time · competing since March 2023 · 2023LEEM02
Micah Lee has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.43, set at Berkeley Summer 2024, puts him in the top 5.9% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3,282nd in the United States. Until February 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 8 competitions since March 2023, he has put 211 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 76% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. That figure sets aside his 6 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 10.62 in March 2023 to 9.43, an 11% improvement. Micah 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 | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 9.43 | 13.00 | top 5.9% | 3,282 / 59,724 | |
| 2×2 | 2.21 | 3.72 | top 6.3% | 2,504 / 40,951 | |
| Skewb | 3.59 | 6.09 | top 8.3% | 1,282 / 18,907 | |
| Square-1 | 11.49 | 16.04 | top 8.8% | 630 / 6,743 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 15.86 | 20.45 | top 9.9% | 1,311 / 15,683 | |
| Megaminx | 1:00.52 | 1:09.79 | top 10.3% | 708 / 7,841 | |
| 4×4 | 40.67 | 45.16 | top 12.9% | 1,907 / 19,072 | |
| 5×5 | 1:17.72 | 1:28.15 | top 17.3% | 1,347 / 9,401 | |
| 6×6 | 2:36.04 | 3:00.87 | top 28.7% | 1,015 / 4,196 | |
| Pyraminx | 7.16 | 9.11 | top 29.2% | 8,070 / 28,708 |
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
- 13 Oct 2024Three personal bests in one day at Berkeley Fall 2024.
- 9 Jun 2024First sub-10 3×3: 9.43 at Berkeley Summer 2024.
- 9 Jun 2024Four personal bests in one day at Berkeley Summer 2024.
- 12 Mar 2023First competition: Berkeley Spring 2023. A 14.78 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 69 2026 · 29 Aug 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Berkeley Spring 2026 · 26 Apr 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 68 - Belmont 2025 · 13 Dec 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Berkeley Fall 2024 · 13 Oct 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Berkeley Summer 2024 · 9 Jun 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- Berkeley Winter 2024 · 4 Feb 2024 — 1 personal best set
- SacCubing XV 2023 · 17 Sep 2023
- Berkeley Spring 2023 · 12 Mar 2023 — 1 personal best 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 his.
- Stanley Tran — met in 41 rounds, finished ahead 8 times
- Nolan Yiu — met in 36 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
- Daniel Cho — met in 35 rounds, finished ahead 22 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.43 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.21 away.
Targets move as he improves.