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Michael Cowland

3×3 · top 33.9% of 284,439 all-time · competing since March 2023 · 2023COWL02

Michael Cowland has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 17.93, set at Maine Spring 2023, puts him in the top 33.9% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 18,866th in the United States. Across 1 competition since March 2023, he has put 30 official solves on the record across five events.

3×3
best event — top 33.9% of 284,439 all-time
17.93
signature single · Maine Spring 2023
30
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×317.9320.99
top 33.9%18,866 / 59,724
2×26.718.58
top 58.0%23,759 / 40,951
Pyraminx10.7713.09
top 58.8%17,257 / 28,708
4×41:42.061:57.87
top 72.0%12,976 / 19,072
Skewb13.4518.49
top 72.6%13,698 / 18,907

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 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 2.93 away.
  • A sub-6 2×2 single — 95,042 people have one; it is 0.71 away.

Targets move as he improves.