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Micah Stairs

3×3 · top 13.5% of 284,439 all-time · competing since July 2011 · 2011STAI01

Micah Stairs has been competing for 15 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 11.88, set at The Battle of Lexington 2019, puts him in the top 13.5% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,283rd in Canada. Across 20 competitions since July 2011, he has put 843 official solves on the record across 15 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 74% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 19.30 in July 2011 to 11.88, a 38% improvement. Micah has entered 20 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 13.5% of 284,439 all-time
11.88
signature single · The Battle of Lexington 2019
843
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 74% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingCanada
3×311.8814.07
top 13.5%1,283 / 10,392
2×23.595.19
top 21.3%1,426 / 7,173
Pyraminx6.328.12
top 22.4%949 / 4,858
3×3 one-handed21.3326.26
top 24.1%525 / 2,620
4×41:02.721:15.78
top 39.4%1,060 / 3,118
Megaminx1:51.442:01.29
top 41.2%440 / 1,375
3×3 blindfolded2:30.603:39.86
top 43.4%153 / 351
3×3 Multi-Blind3 of 3 cubes · 20:09—
early days — 2 solves57 / 112
Skewb9.9516.90
top 54.6%1,507 / 2,907
3×3 Fewest Moves43 moves50.67
top 59.0%170 / 283
5×52:18.912:45.39
top 60.4%796 / 1,499
Square-144.791:01.13
top 70.8%658 / 952
4×4 blindfolded19:55.00—
early days — 2 solves54 / 60
6×66:25.56—
top 93.0%589 / 665
7×714:11.00—
early days — 1 solve501 / 503

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

Cube Canada Day 2011: 19.30Czech Open 2012: 14.22GEL Open 2012: 13.28Atlantic Open 2013: 12.68Atlantic Open 2014: 12.68US Nationals 2014: 13.09Montreal Fall 2014: 14.68Atlantic Open Fall 2014: 12.69Atlantic Open 2015: 13.59Atlantic Open Special 2015: 13.19Atlantic Open Fall 2015: 14.92Atlantic Open 2016: 15.52Northeastern Spring 2016: 14.73Lexington Summer 2016: 12.79Atlantic Open 2017: 16.48Atlantic Open Special 2017: 13.55Atlantic Open Fall 2017: 12.38Midcoast Cubing 2018: 14.62The Battle of Lexington 2019: 11.8811.8819.301 Jul 201127 Apr 2019

Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.

The story so far

Competitions

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.

Next targets

  • A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 1.88 away.
  • A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.59 away.

Targets move as he improves.