People · United States
Michael Aparicio
2×2 · top 4.5% of 186,767 all-time · competing since December 2022 · 2022APAR03
Michael Aparicio has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.97, set at Southwest Idaho Newcomers 2025, puts him in the top 4.5% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,814th in the United States. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 7 competitions since December 2022, he has put 288 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 88% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 14.57 in December 2022 to 9.62, a 34% improvement. Michael has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% 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 | 1.97 | 3.61 | top 4.5% | 1,814 / 40,951 | |
| 3×3 | 9.62 | 11.77 | top 6.4% | 3,551 / 59,724 | |
| Skewb | 4.38 | 5.80 | top 13.6% | 2,104 / 18,907 | |
| 4×4 | 44.83 | 48.74 | top 18.1% | 2,755 / 19,072 | |
| 5×5 | 1:25.62 | 1:36.82 | top 23.8% | 1,846 / 9,401 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.67 | 9.85 | top 25.2% | 6,883 / 28,708 | |
| Megaminx | 1:26.66 | 1:39.97 | top 26.0% | 1,790 / 7,841 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 23.82 | 29.23 | top 31.0% | 4,012 / 15,683 | |
| 6×6 | 2:43.62 | 2:46.91 | top 32.8% | 1,165 / 4,196 | |
| 7×7 | 4:28.50 | 4:44.51 | top 40.6% | 1,149 / 3,184 | |
| Square-1 | 26.06 | 48.79 | top 41.6% | 2,699 / 6,743 |
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
- 8 Mar 2025Four personal bests in one day at Southwest Idaho Newcomers 2025.
- 2 Nov 2024Six personal bests in one day at Idaho Championship 2024.
- 8 Jun 2024First sub-10 3×3: 9.62 at Big n Skewb Boise 2024.
- 8 Jun 2024Three personal bests in one day at Big n Skewb Boise 2024.
- 2 Mar 2024Three personal bests in one day at Back in Boise 2024.
- 1 Apr 2023Five personal bests in one day at Bobcat Battle 2023.
Competitions
- Southwest Idaho Newcomers 2025 · 8 Mar 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Idaho Championship 2024 · 2 Nov 2024 — 6 personal bests set
- Big n Skewb Boise 2024 · 8 Jun 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Back in Boise 2024 · 2 Mar 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Southern Utah Summer 2023 · 27 May 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Bobcat Battle 2023 · 1 Apr 2023 — 5 personal bests set
- Cubing on the Octagon 2022 · 31 Dec 2022
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.
- Cade Beck — met in 44 rounds, finished ahead 9 times
- Damian Wilding — met in 43 rounds, finished ahead 21 times
- Ian Lawson — met in 34 rounds, finished ahead 7 times
Next targets
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.97 away.
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.62 away.
Targets move as he improves.