People · United States
Micah Truax
3×3 · top 5.9% of 288,433 all-time · competing since July 2022 · 2022TRUA01
Micah Truax has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.42, set at Puzzling in Providence 2023, puts him in the top 5.9% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3,335th in the United States. Until February 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 6 competitions since July 2022, he has put 158 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 63% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. That figure sets aside his 4 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 12.18 in July 2022 to 9.42, a 23% improvement. Micah has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% 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 | 9.42 | 12.21 | top 5.9% | 3,335 / 60,666 | |
| 2×2 | 3.96 | 6.23 | top 26.0% | 10,395 / 41,674 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 22.70 | 29.32 | top 28.0% | 3,659 / 15,900 | |
| 4×4 | 56.88 | 1:08.40 | top 33.1% | 5,340 / 19,354 | |
| Pyraminx | 7.66 | 12.97 | top 33.4% | 9,546 / 29,168 | |
| Skewb | 7.12 | 10.58 | top 34.7% | 5,941 / 19,164 | |
| Clock | 22.29 | — | early days — 3 solves | 6,285 / 9,172 |
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
- 10 Sep 2022First sub-10 3×3: 9.83 at Amherst Open 2022.
- 10 Sep 2022Three personal bests in one day at Amherst Open 2022.
- 2 Jul 2022First competition: New York Championship 2022. A 12.67 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Middleboro Cubikon 2023 · 6 May 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Pioneer Valley Cubing A 2023 · 21 Jan 2023
- Puzzling in Providence 2023 · 7 Jan 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Naticube 2022 · 29 Oct 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Amherst Open 2022 · 10 Sep 2022 — 3 personal bests set
- New York Championship 2022 · 2 Jul 2022 — 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.
- Ethan Zhuang — met in 37 rounds, finished ahead 9 times
- Charles Amarello — met in 37 rounds, never finished ahead
- Saisabari Ramesh — met in 35 rounds, finished ahead 18 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 1.42 away.
- A sub-3 2×2 single — 27,049 people have one; it is 0.96 away.
Targets move as he improves.