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Michael Alexander Hernandez Martinez
2×2 · top 16.7% of 189,179 all-time · competing since March 2023 · 2023MART34
Michael Alexander Hernandez Martinez has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 3.20, set at Arizona Favorites 2025, puts him in the top 16.7% of the 189,179 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 6,628th in the United States. Across 6 competitions since March 2023, he has put 104 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, an early reading from 8 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 18.59 in March 2023 to 14.45, a 22% improvement. Michael 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 3.20 | 5.19 | top 16.7% | 6,628 / 41,674 | |
| 3×3 | 14.45 | 15.93 | top 22.6% | 12,426 / 60,666 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.35 | 9.64 | top 22.7% | 6,205 / 29,168 | |
| Skewb | 9.73 | 14.16 | top 53.3% | 9,755 / 19,164 | |
| Square-1 | 34.82 | 45.33 | top 58.2% | 3,887 / 6,846 | |
| Megaminx | 2:52.08 | — | early days — 2 solves | 5,620 / 8,026 |
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
- 15 Feb 2025First sub-15 3×3: 14.45 at Lopes Up AZ 2025.
- 15 Feb 2025Three personal bests in one day at Lopes Up AZ 2025.
- 25 Mar 2023First competition: A Bruin Cube Day Spring 2023. A 18.59 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Arizona Favorites 2025 · 8 Nov 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Arizona Championship 2025 · 10 May 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Megaminx Madness AZ 2025 · 1 Mar 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Lopes Up AZ 2025 · 15 Feb 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Arizona Speedcubing Summer 2023 · 15 Jul 2023 — 1 personal best set
- A Bruin Cube Day Spring 2023 · 25 Mar 2023
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.
- TJ Hayward — met in 16 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Dan Tran — met in 16 rounds, never finished ahead
- Mia Sponseller — met in 15 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
Next targets
- A sub-3 2×2 single — 27,049 people have one; it is 0.20 away.
- A sub-12 3×3 single — 40,277 people have one; it is 2.45 away.
Targets move as he improves.