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Michael Ancheta

3×3 · top 37.1% of 284,439 all-time · competing since November 2009 · 2009ANCH01

Michael Ancheta has been competing for 17 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 19.00, set at Stanford Spring 2011, puts him in the top 37.1% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 20,887th in the United States. Across 2 competitions since November 2009, he has put 9 official solves on the record across one event. His 3×3 best has come down from 31.09 in November 2009 to 19.00, a 39% improvement. Michael has entered two competitions.

3×3
best event — top 37.1% of 284,439 all-time
19.00
signature single · Stanford Spring 2011
9
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×319.0020.11
top 37.1%20,887 / 59,724

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

Stanford Fall competition 2009: 31.09Stanford Spring 2011: 19.0019.0031.0921 Nov 200922 May 2011

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.

Next targets

  • A sub-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 4.00 away.

Targets move as he improves.