People · United States
Michael Calin
3×3 · top 8.1% of 288,433 all-time · competing since May 2018 · 2018CALI03
Michael Calin has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.21, set at Race the Clock Minnesota 2022, puts him in the top 8.1% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 4,531st in the United States. Until May 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 9 competitions since May 2018, he has put 208 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 58% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. That figure sets aside his 6 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 15.86 in May 2018 to 10.21, a 36% improvement. Michael has entered nine competitions, more competitions than 91% 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 | 10.21 | 11.36 | top 8.1% | 4,531 / 60,666 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.78 | 7.17 | top 11.9% | 3,141 / 29,168 | |
| 2×2 | 3.16 | 4.53 | top 16.2% | 6,421 / 41,674 | |
| Skewb | 5.53 | 9.24 | top 22.3% | 3,587 / 19,164 | |
| 4×4 | 52.64 | 55.31 | top 28.0% | 4,387 / 19,354 | |
| Megaminx | 1:54.79 | 2:07.19 | top 43.2% | 3,221 / 8,026 | |
| 6×6 | 4:05.82 | — | early days — 1 solve | 2,671 / 4,262 | |
| Clock | 25.58 | — | early days — 3 solves | 7,013 / 9,172 |
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
- 22 Jun 2019Four personal bests in one day at Minnesota Qualifier 2019.
- 15 Dec 2018Three personal bests in one day at Mega Minnesota Winter 2018.
- 7 Oct 2018First sub-15 3×3: 11.98 at Madison Blind N Stuff 2018.
- 7 Oct 2018Three personal bests in one day at Madison Blind N Stuff 2018.
- 12 May 2018First competition: Minnesota Cube Melt 2018. A 15.86 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Minnesota Meetup II Thursday 2023 · 29 Jun 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Race the Clock Minnesota 2022 · 31 Dec 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Minnesota Cube Day 2022 · 14 May 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Minnesota Qualifier 2019 · 22 Jun 2019 — 4 personal bests set
- Minnesota Cube Melt 2019 · 27 Apr 2019
- North Star Cubing Challenge 2019 · 26 Jan 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Mega Minnesota Winter 2018 · 15 Dec 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- Madison Blind N Stuff 2018 · 7 Oct 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- Minnesota Cube Melt 2018 · 12 May 2018 — 1 personal best set
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.
- Carter Kucala — met in 38 rounds, never finished ahead
- Kaius Young — met in 35 rounds, finished ahead 11 times
- Walker Welch — met in 35 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,606 people have one; it is 0.21 away.
- A sub-4 Pyraminx single — 10,050 people have one; it is 0.78 away.
Targets move as he improves.