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Michael Datz

2×2 · top 2.0% of 186,767 all-time · competing since June 2017 · 2017DATZ01

Michael Datz has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.47, set at Denver Back to School 2019, puts him in the top 2.0% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 807th in the United States. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 35 competitions since June 2017, he has put 1,151 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 55% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 40.37 in June 2017 to 7.97, an 80% improvement. Michael has entered 35 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 2.0% of 186,767 all-time
1.47
signature single · Denver Back to School 2019
1,151
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 55% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
2×21.473.97
top 2.0%807 / 40,951
3×37.9710.11
top 2.7%1,573 / 59,724
Pyraminx3.496.79
top 5.4%1,411 / 28,708
4×435.0239.95
top 6.7%1,041 / 19,072
Megaminx1:00.291:07.52
top 10.2%703 / 7,841
Skewb4.586.98
top 15.1%2,364 / 18,907
5×51:15.341:20.47
top 15.6%1,208 / 9,401
6×62:15.592:28.31
top 18.3%646 / 4,196
7×74:04.664:15.67
top 32.5%910 / 3,184
3×3 one-handed25.9830.77
top 36.8%4,878 / 15,683
Clock17.4719.51
top 57.0%4,746 / 8,927

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

1 Body Cubing 2017: 40.37Longmont Summer 2017: 27.13ChicaGhosts 2017: 23.48Veterans Day Open 2017: 19.06Lower Moreland Spring 2018: 11.78Colorado Qualifier 2018: 14.88CubingUSA Nationals 2018: 13.81Pueblo Open 2018: 10.04Rocky Mountain Spring 2019: 11.92Colorado Qualifier 2019: 12.59Utah's California Gull Extravaganza 2019: 10.88CubingUSA Nationals 2019: 12.15Denver Back to School 2019: 12.20Veterans Day Open 2019: 12.99Colorado Springs Winter 2020: 11.26DeNxNver 2022: 10.89Northern Colorado Cubing 2022: 10.71Colorado Cubing Weekend 2022: 10.72Cubing in The Springs 2022: 12.73High Plains Solving 2023: 10.34Mile High Megacomp 2023: 9.35Colorado Waffle Jostle 2023: 10.39Cubing In Creek 2023: 9.10Colorado Mountain Tour - Frisco 2023: 9.31Colorado Mountain Tour - Avon 2023: 9.30Colorado Pastacomp 2023: 10.07The Art of the Cube Colorado 2023: 7.97Rocky Mountain Warm-Up 2023: 9.07CubingUSA Rocky Mountain Championship 2023: 9.14Pillar of Fire Colorado 2023: 8.97USAFA Flyby Cubing 2023: 9.12DeNxNver 2024: 9.15Cherry on Top Colorado PM 2024: 9.44Colorado Mountain Tour - Evergreen 2024: 8.58DeNxNver 2025: 9.827.9740.373 Jun 20171 Feb 2025

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-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.47 away.
  • A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.97 away.

Targets move as he improves.