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Michael Abrahamson

3×3 · top 45.8% of 284,439 all-time · competing since November 2014 · 2014ABRA04

Michael Abrahamson has been competing for 12 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 22.15, set at Johannesburg 2016, puts him in the top 45.8% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 653rd in South Africa. Across 13 competitions since November 2014, he has put 206 official solves on the record across two events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 23% around a typical one; 99% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 47.11 in November 2014 to 22.15, a 53% improvement. Michael has entered 13 competitions, more competitions than 94% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 45.8% of 284,439 all-time
22.15
signature single · Johannesburg 2016
206
official solves on the record
23%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 99% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingSouth Africa
3×322.1528.47
top 45.8%653 / 2,164
2×27.349.84
top 63.1%729 / 1,510

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

Johannesburg 2014: 47.11Tuks Open 2015: 40.18Pretoria Science Week 2015: 26.22Pops Winter 2015: 36.91Johannesburg Open 2015: 30.86Johannesburg Open 2016: 29.61Johannesburg 2016: 22.15Cape Town 2016: 25.35Speedcubes Johannesburg 2017: 25.96Arnold Classic Africa 2018: 27.47Inni-Horie-Fees Speedcubing 2022: 28.78Rubik's WCA African Championship 2022: 28.42Pretoria Spring Morning 2023: 26.1922.1547.1123 Nov 201425 Nov 2023

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-20 3×3 single — 113,584 people have one; it is 2.15 away.
  • A sub-6 2×2 single — 95,042 people have one; it is 1.34 away.

Targets move as he improves.