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Michael DeLaRosa

3×3 · top 6.0% of 284,439 all-time · competing since April 2013 · 2013DELA01

Michael DeLaRosa has been competing for 13 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.47, set at Indiana Finally Returns 2023, puts him in the top 6.0% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3,337th in the United States. Until February 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 11 competitions since April 2013, he has put 466 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 10% around a typical one, steadier than 95% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 14.55 in April 2013 to 9.47, a 35% improvement. Michael has entered eleven competitions, more competitions than 93% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 6.0% of 284,439 all-time
9.47
signature single · Indiana Finally Returns 2023
466
official solves on the record
10%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 95% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×39.4711.33
top 6.0%3,337 / 59,724
4×434.6439.93
top 6.4%981 / 19,072
2×22.283.40
top 6.9%2,720 / 40,951
5×51:04.021:16.92
top 7.8%614 / 9,401
3×3 one-handed17.3222.08
top 13.4%1,727 / 15,683
Pyraminx5.968.41
top 19.7%5,259 / 28,708
Square-121.4732.42
top 31.3%2,022 / 6,743
Megaminx1:37.091:56.99
top 32.8%2,315 / 7,841
6×62:44.453:03.15
top 33.2%1,189 / 4,196
Skewb7.0311.36
top 33.9%5,708 / 18,907
7×74:57.965:20.79
top 50.0%1,455 / 3,184

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

Dayton Open 2013: 14.55Indiana 2013: 12.02Indiana 2014: 12.74CubingUSA Nationals 2017: 10.41Glass City Open 2017: 11.41ChicaGhosts 2017: 10.04Indianapolis Fall 2018: 9.55Derby City Open 2019: 11.32Indianapolis Cubes 2019: 10.98Indiana 2019: 10.43Indiana Finally Returns 2023: 9.479.4714.556 Apr 201325 Feb 2023

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-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.47 away.
  • A sub-30 4×4 single — 2,388 people have one; it is 4.64 away.

Targets move as he improves.