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Micha Zahnd

3×3 · top 2.8% of 284,439 all-time · competing since March 2014 · 2014ZAHN01

Micha Zahnd has been competing for 12 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.00, set at Musée suisse du jeu 2016, puts him in the top 2.8% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 35th in Switzerland. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 20 competitions since March 2014, he has put 1,199 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 50% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 10.91 in March 2014 to 8.00, a 27% improvement. Micha has entered 20 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 2.8% of 284,439 all-time
8.00
signature single · Musée suisse du jeu 2016
1,199
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 50% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingSwitzerland
3×38.009.60
top 2.8%35 / 1,197
4×429.9136.79
top 2.8%15 / 462
3×3 one-handed12.3315.46
top 3.5%24 / 367
2×22.224.11
top 6.4%96 / 913
5×51:06.091:12.58
top 9.1%22 / 266
Megaminx1:01.921:12.59
top 11.0%23 / 207
Pyraminx5.378.58
top 15.5%128 / 655
Skewb4.7410.35
top 16.2%80 / 388
6×62:16.142:24.69
top 18.6%20 / 141
3×3 Fewest Moves33 moves—
early days — 2 solves35 / 97
7×73:45.864:09.63
top 25.6%26 / 118

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

Swiss Open 2014: 10.91SwissScience Open 2014: 10.41Hérimoncourt Open 2014: 10.93Swiss Nationals 2015: 9.28France 2015: 8.73PoliMi Open 2015: 8.94Franconia Open 2015: 9.00German Nationals 2015: 9.94Milan Cube Days 2015: 8.89SwissScience Open 2015: 9.19Musée suisse du jeu 2015: 9.80Würfelä im Drachenäscht 2015: 8.91SCC Open 2015: 9.31Italian Open 2015: 8.60Chottu Skips 2016: 9.84Milan Slam Open 2016: 9.13Wiler Würfelfest 2016: 9.72Swiss Nationals 2016: 9.51Musée suisse du jeu 2016: 8.008.0010.9329 Mar 201415 Oct 2016

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.

  • Reto Bubendorf — met in 175 rounds, finished ahead 115 times
  • Tobias Peter — met in 151 rounds, finished ahead 114 times
  • Theo Mayer — met in 150 rounds, finished ahead 109 times

Next targets

  • A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 2.00 away.
  • A sub-25 4×4 single — 588 people have one; it is 4.91 away.

Targets move as he improves.