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Michael Chang
Skewb · top 7.1% of 74,164 all-time · competing since May 2022 · 2022CHAN31
Michael Chang has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the Skewb: a personal-best single of 3.38, set at Ohio Championship 2026, puts him in the top 7.1% of the 74,164 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,110th in the United States. Until February 2014, no official Skewb solve in the world had been that fast. Across 14 competitions since May 2022, he has put 281 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 87% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 21.41 in May 2022 to 11.85, a 45% improvement. Michael has entered 14 competitions, more competitions than 95% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Skewb | 3.38 | 11.82 | top 7.1% | 1,110 / 19,164 | |
| 3×3 | 11.85 | 15.64 | top 13.4% | 7,302 / 60,666 | |
| 2×2 | 4.09 | 6.70 | top 27.7% | 11,122 / 41,674 | |
| Pyraminx | 7.50 | 10.90 | top 32.1% | 9,105 / 29,168 | |
| 4×4 | 1:10.02 | 1:24.69 | top 46.9% | 7,927 / 19,354 | |
| 5×5 | 2:19.01 | 2:39.45 | top 60.6% | 5,273 / 9,537 |
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
- 11 Sep 2026Six personal bests in one day at Ohio Championship 2026.
- 8 Aug 2026Three personal bests in one day at Kids America Coshocton Cube Clash 2026.
- 15 Jun 2024First sub-15 3×3: 14.78 at Northern Kentucky 2024.
- 15 Jun 2024Five personal bests in one day at Northern Kentucky 2024.
- 10 Jun 2023First sub-20 3×3: 18.15 at Big E Slice 2023.
- 28 May 2022First competition: Country Roads Huntington 2022. A 21.41 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Ohio Championship 2026 · 11 Sep 2026 — 6 personal bests set
- Kids America Coshocton Cube Clash 2026 · 8 Aug 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Ohio State Summer Mini 2026 · 26 Jul 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Ohio State Summer Warm Up 2026 · 27 Jun 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Cubing in the Woods OH 2026 · 23 May 2026
- Locked in Clocked in Coshocton 2025 · 6 Sep 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Ohio State Summer 2025 · 20 Jul 2025
- Haunted Library OH 2024 · 31 Oct 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Northern Kentucky 2024 · 15 Jun 2024 — 5 personal bests set
- Across the Woods Kentucky B 2023 · 17 Dec 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Big E Slice 2023 · 10 Jun 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Bluegrass Bash 2023 · 2 Apr 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- GA Cubers Pride 2022 · 11 Jun 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Country Roads Huntington 2022 · 28 May 2022
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.
- Braden Richards — met in 42 rounds, never finished ahead
- Jack Hamilton — met in 39 rounds, never finished ahead
- Zach Baruch — met in 36 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-3 Skewb single — 3,709 people have one; it is 0.38 away.
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,606 people have one; it is 1.85 away.
Targets move as he improves.