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Michael Bradley

2×2 · top 3.6% of 189,179 all-time · competing since December 2018 · 2018BRAD08

Michael Bradley has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.80, set at Return to Toronto 2019, puts him in the top 3.6% of the 189,179 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 235th in Canada. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 16 competitions since December 2018, he has put 394 official solves on the record across 15 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 91% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 16.35 in December 2018 to 11.21, a 31% improvement. Michael has entered 16 competitions, more competitions than 96% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 3.6% of 189,179 all-time
1.80
signature single · Return to Toronto 2019
394
official solves on the record
11%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 91% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingCanada
2×21.804.93
top 3.6%235 / 7,245
3×311.2113.26
top 11.2%1,059 / 10,502
Pyraminx5.937.40
top 19.5%809 / 4,913
4×448.3757.16
top 22.7%591 / 3,180
Skewb6.059.73
top 26.2%635 / 2,928
3×3 one-handed22.2229.10
top 26.7%582 / 2,632
Megaminx1:39.311:42.19
top 34.3%361 / 1,393
5×51:39.021:43.65
top 34.7%444 / 1,546
3×3 Fewest Moves40 moves—
early days — 1 solve147 / 284
6×63:39.243:57.24
top 58.5%334 / 683
3×3 blindfolded3:23.44—
top 59.1%213 / 362
Square-139.4648.19
top 64.7%606 / 973
7×75:48.836:10.07
top 65.0%301 / 519
3×3 Multi-Blind2 of 2 cubes · 14:15—
early days — 2 solves82 / 116
Clock22.5028.75
top 71.3%721 / 1,057

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

Oakville Autumn Limited 2018: 16.35Ajax Winter 2019: 15.22Return to Toronto 2019: 14.98Canadian Championship 2019: 12.09Battle of Waterloo 2019: 13.66Leap to Barrie 2020: 12.97Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2022: 11.90NCR Favourites 2023: 14.68Ottawa 3x3x3 Winter C 2024: 11.88Ottawa Favourites 2024: 12.26Kawartha Fall 2025: 11.21Pickering Favourites Summer 2026: 12.1911.2116.351 Dec 201814 Jun 2026

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 Wu — met in 71 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
  • Abdullah Gulab — met in 69 rounds, finished ahead 31 times
  • Roan Paone — met in 67 rounds, finished ahead 4 times

Next targets

  • A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,050 people have one; it is 0.80 away.
  • A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,606 people have one; it is 1.21 away.

Targets move as he improves.