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Michael Cretella

3×3 · top 79.5% of 284,439 all-time · competing since November 2008 · 2008CRET01

Michael Cretella has been competing for 18 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 42.33, set at Baltimore Spring competition 2010, puts him in the top 79.5% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 48,588th in the United States. Across 2 competitions since November 2008, he has put 20 official solves on the record across three events. Michael has entered two competitions.

3×3
best event — top 79.5% of 284,439 all-time
42.33
signature single · Baltimore Spring competition 2010
20
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×342.3349.93
top 79.5%48,588 / 59,724
2×212.5529.52
top 85.8%35,657 / 40,951
3×3 one-handed2:22.413:10.16
top 98.9%15,539 / 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

Drexel Fall 2008: 42.53Baltimore Spring competition 2010: 42.3342.3342.5315 Nov 200818 Apr 2010

Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.

The story so far

  • 15 Nov 2008First competition: Drexel Fall 2008. A 42.53 3×3 single to start from.

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-40 3×3 single — 218,634 people have one; it is 2.33 away.
  • A sub-12 2×2 single — 157,609 people have one; it is 0.55 away.

Targets move as he improves.