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Michael Costa

3×3 · top 24.0% of 284,439 all-time · competing since March 2017 · 2017COST02

Michael Costa has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 14.88, set at Pickering Spring 2018, puts him in the top 24.0% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,307th in Canada. Across 4 competitions since March 2017, he has put 31 official solves on the record across three events. His 3×3 best has come down from 21.84 in March 2017 to 14.88, a 32% improvement. Michael has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 24.0% of 284,439 all-time
14.88
signature single · Pickering Spring 2018
31
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingCanada
3×314.8817.00
top 24.0%2,307 / 10,392
2×26.207.77
top 52.9%3,826 / 7,173
3×3 one-handed45.70
early days — 1 solve1,752 / 2,620

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

London Limited Spring 2017: 21.84Battle of Waterloo 2017: 18.82Pickering Spring 2018: 14.88Battle of Waterloo 2018: 15.7514.8821.8425 Mar 201721 Jul 2018

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-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 2.88 away.
  • A sub-6 2×2 single — 95,042 people have one; it is 0.20 away.

Targets move as he improves.