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Michael Candelario

3×3 · top 33.8% of 284,439 all-time · competing since March 2008 · 2008CAND01

Michael Candelario has been competing for 18 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 17.91, set at Newark Open 2008, puts him in the top 33.8% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 18,830th in the United States. Across 2 competitions since March 2008, he has put 24 official solves on the record across two events. His 3×3 best has come down from 22.37 in March 2008 to 17.91, a 20% improvement. Michael has entered two competitions.

3×3
best event — top 33.8% of 284,439 all-time
17.91
signature single · Newark Open 2008
24
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×317.9121.37
top 33.8%18,830 / 59,724
3×3 one-handed53.06
early days — 2 solves11,712 / 15,683

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

Chattahoochee Spring competition 2008: 22.37Newark Open 2008: 17.9117.9122.3729 Mar 20088 Nov 2008

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-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 2.91 away.
  • A sub-50 3×3 one-handed single — 56,546 people have one; it is 3.06 away.

Targets move as he improves.