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Michael Bairdsmith

3×3 · top 54.7% of 284,439 all-time · competing since November 2017 · 2017BAIR03

Michael Bairdsmith has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 25.95, set at Bay Area Speedcubin' 23 2020, puts him in the top 54.7% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 32,132nd in the United States. Across 5 competitions since November 2017, he has put 36 official solves on the record across three events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 9% around a typical one, an early reading from 7 counted rounds. That figure sets aside his 2 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 47.70 in November 2017 to 25.95, a 46% improvement. Michael has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 54.7% of 284,439 all-time
25.95
signature single · Bay Area Speedcubin' 23 2020
36
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×325.9527.22
top 54.7%32,132 / 59,724
4×42:38.72
early days — 2 solves17,909 / 19,072
5×54:59.93
early days — 1 solve9,198 / 9,401

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

Berkeley Fall 2017: 47.70Berkeley Spring 2019: 30.36Bay Area Speedcubin' 19 2019: 29.69Berkeley Fall 2019: 29.29Bay Area Speedcubin' 23 2020: 25.9525.9547.7018 Nov 201712 Jan 2020

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.

  • Ryan Jew — met in 10 rounds, never finished ahead
  • Chris Martin — met in 10 rounds, never finished ahead
  • Evan Mann — met in 10 rounds, never finished ahead

Next targets

  • A sub-25 3×3 single — 149,621 people have one; it is 0.95 away.
  • A sub-2:00 4×4 single — 68,574 people have one; it is 38.72 away.

Targets move as he improves.