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Michael Bannister

3×3 · top 59.5% of 284,439 all-time · competing since September 2022 · 2022BANN01

Michael Bannister has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 28.35, set at Pretzel Mania 2022, puts him in the top 59.5% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 35,360th in the United States. Across 3 competitions since September 2022, he has put 44 official solves on the record across three events. Michael has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 59.5% of 284,439 all-time
28.35
signature single · Pretzel Mania 2022
44
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×328.3531.86
top 59.5%35,360 / 59,724
2×27.139.94
top 61.5%25,272 / 40,951
Pyraminx18.1022.18
top 90.0%26,434 / 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

Pretzel Mania 2022: 28.35ROC the Cube 2023: 28.38CubingUSA New England Championship 2024: 30.1728.3530.173 Sep 202223 Aug 2024

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-25 3×3 single — 149,621 people have one; it is 3.35 away.
  • A sub-6 2×2 single — 95,042 people have one; it is 1.13 away.

Targets move as he improves.