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Michael Arther

2×2 · top 47.3% of 186,767 all-time · competing since February 2013 · 2013ARTH01

Michael Arther has been competing for 14 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 5.67, set at CCFC Fall 2013, puts him in the top 47.3% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 19,140th in the United States. Across 4 competitions since February 2013, he has put 49 official solves on the record across three events. His 3×3 best has come down from 42.40 in February 2013 to 24.09, a 43% improvement. Michael has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 47.3% of 186,767 all-time
5.67
signature single · CCFC Fall 2013
49
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
2×25.678.97
top 47.3%19,140 / 40,951
3×324.0925.05
top 50.6%29,522 / 59,724
Pyraminx12.3118.56
top 69.1%20,466 / 28,708

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

Harvard Spring 2013: 42.40Princeton Spring 2013: 41.52Yale Spring 2013: 29.96CCFC Fall 2013: 24.0924.0942.402 Feb 201321 Sep 2013

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-5 2×2 single — 73,413 people have one; it is 0.67 away.
  • A sub-20 3×3 single — 113,584 people have one; it is 4.09 away.

Targets move as he improves.