People · United States
Michael A. Gray
2×2 · top 7.8% of 186,767 all-time · competing since August 2025 · 2025GRAY09
Michael A. Gray has been competing for a year. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.38, set at Houston Back to School 2025, puts him in the top 7.8% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3,062nd in the United States. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 2 competitions since August 2025, he has put 45 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, an early reading from 5 counted rounds. Michael has entered two competitions.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 2.38 | 5.06 | top 7.8% | 3,062 / 40,951 | |
| 5×5 | 1:13.95 | 1:28.72 | top 14.5% | 1,116 / 9,401 | |
| 3×3 | 12.34 | 13.52 | top 15.1% | 8,061 / 59,724 | |
| 4×4 | 43.04 | 47.84 | top 15.8% | 2,393 / 19,072 |
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
- 14 Sep 2025Three personal bests in one day at The Heart of Texas Fall 2025.
- 9 Aug 2025First competition: Houston Back to School 2025. A 14.30 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- The Heart of Texas Fall 2025 · 14 Sep 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Houston Back to School 2025 · 9 Aug 2025 — 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.
- Ian Cawthon — met in 9 rounds, finished ahead once
- Rune Thomas Coulbourne — met in 9 rounds, finished ahead once
- Noah Silva — met in 9 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.38 away.
- A sub-1:00 5×5 single — 2,252 people have one; it is 13.95 away.
Targets move as he improves.