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Michael Erskine

Pyraminx · top 31.2% of 129,321 all-time · competing since November 2008 · 2008ERSK01

Michael Erskine has been competing for 18 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 7.41, set at Nottingham Open 2013, puts him in the top 31.2% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,257th in the United Kingdom. Across 18 competitions since November 2008, he has put 432 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 53% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 52.99 in November 2008 to 22.00, a 58% improvement. Michael has entered 18 competitions, more competitions than 96% of everyone who has ever competed.

Pyraminx
best event — top 31.2% of 129,321 all-time
7.41
signature single · Nottingham Open 2013
432
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 53% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited Kingdom
Pyraminx7.4115.13
top 31.2%1,257 / 3,656
3×322.0025.97
top 45.4%3,144 / 6,689
Clock17.5922.49
top 57.4%743 / 1,232
2×27.819.10
top 66.5%3,399 / 4,895
4×41:36.912:02.56
top 68.6%1,515 / 2,071
3×3 one-handed45.9751.83
top 72.7%1,290 / 1,851
Square-158.401:24.29
top 82.6%667 / 778
5×53:26.56
top 85.6%1,071 / 1,151
Megaminx4:01.595:01.82
top 90.3%933 / 966
6×66:57.08
top 95.1%527 / 548
7×710:00.00
top 97.1%450 / 459
Skewb36.7651.10
top 98.6%2,406 / 2,421

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

UK Open 2008: 52.99UK Masters 2009: 35.39UK Open 2009: 37.80Bristol Open 2009: 32.31Bristol Spring 2010: 33.52UK Nationals 2010: 33.59UK Open 2010: 29.34UK Open 2011: 24.94Rapid Dash Open 2012: 24.21UK Open 2012: 24.03Leicester Open 2013: 28.75UK Rubik's Cube Championship 2013: 25.45Nottingham Open 2014: 23.95Nottingham Summer 2014: 29.21UK Rubik's Cube Championship 2014: 24.78UK Championship 2016: 25.26Brisbane Winter 2018: 22.0022.0052.998 Nov 200830 Jun 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-6 Pyraminx single — 25,870 people have one; it is 1.41 away.
  • A sub-20 3×3 single — 113,584 people have one; it is 2.00 away.

Targets move as he improves.