People · United States
Michael Blackman
3×3 · top 47.0% of 284,439 all-time · competing since June 2014 · 2014BLAC02
Michael Blackman has been competing for 12 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 22.61, set at Red Cross Cubing Open 2014, puts him in the top 47.0% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 27,201st in the United States. Across 5 competitions since June 2014, he has put 52 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 10% around a typical one, an early reading from 5 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 36.54 in June 2014 to 22.61, a 38% improvement. Michael has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 22.61 | 26.07 | top 47.0% | 27,201 / 59,724 | |
| Pyraminx | 11.55 | 18.88 | top 64.3% | 18,990 / 28,708 | |
| 2×2 | 8.07 | 13.00 | top 68.3% | 28,199 / 40,951 | |
| 5×5 | 4:10.76 | — | early days — 2 solves | 8,826 / 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
Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 8 Nov 2014First sub-30 3×3: 27.55 at Lexington Fall 2014.
- 28 Jun 2014First competition: CCFC BLD Day 2014. A 36.54 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Williams Winter 2015 · 7 Mar 2015 — 1 personal best set
- Red Cross Cubing Open 2014 · 13 Dec 2014 — 2 personal bests set
- Lexington Fall 2014 · 8 Nov 2014 — 2 personal bests set
- GCC Fall 2014 · 27 Sep 2014 — 1 personal best set
- CCFC BLD Day 2014 · 28 Jun 2014
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.
- Daniel Karnaukh — met in 10 rounds, never finished ahead
- Kevin Costello III — met in 9 rounds, never finished ahead
- Samantha Raskind — met in 9 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-20 3×3 single — 113,584 people have one; it is 2.61 away.
- A sub-10 Pyraminx single — 68,530 people have one; it is 1.55 away.
Targets move as he improves.