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Micah Niven
Pyraminx · top 26.7% of 130,891 all-time · competing since January 2021 · 2021NIVE01
Micah Niven has been competing for 6 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 6.86, set at Brisbane Finnish Morning 2026, puts him in the top 26.7% of the 130,891 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,386th in Australia. Across 3 competitions since January 2021, he has put 52 official solves on the record across seven events. His 3×3 best has come down from 34.23 in January 2021 to 18.22, a 47% improvement. Micah has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Australia | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 6.86 | 9.06 | top 26.7% | 1,386 / 6,109 | |
| 2×2 | 4.30 | 6.64 | top 30.4% | 2,397 / 8,727 | |
| 3×3 | 18.22 | 21.23 | top 34.9% | 3,404 / 11,943 | |
| Megaminx | 2:42.44 | — | early days — 1 solve | 889 / 1,313 | |
| Square-1 | 51.15 | — | early days — 1 solve | 746 / 920 | |
| 4×4 | 1:52.22 | — | early days — 1 solve | 2,382 / 3,108 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 1:21.24 | — | early days — 1 solve | 2,501 / 2,685 |
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
- 8 Aug 2026First sub-30 3×3: 18.22 at Toowoomba Carnival of Cubing 2026.
- 8 Aug 2026First sub-20 3×3: 18.22 at Toowoomba Carnival of Cubing 2026.
- 8 Aug 2026Three personal bests in one day at Toowoomba Carnival of Cubing 2026.
- 16 Jan 2021First competition: Brisbane Is Back On 2021. A 34.23 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Brisbane Finnish Morning 2026 · 17 Oct 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Toowoomba Carnival of Cubing 2026 · 8 Aug 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Brisbane Is Back On 2021 · 16 Jan 2021
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.
- Ming Dao Ting — met in 14 rounds, never finished ahead
- Thomas Smith — met in 13 rounds, never finished ahead
- Matthew Ban — met in 11 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-6 Pyraminx single — 26,233 people have one; it is 0.86 away.
- A sub-4 2×2 single — 50,215 people have one; it is 0.30 away.
Targets move as he improves.