People · Canada
Michael Fairbairn
3×3 · top 2.4% of 288,433 all-time · competing since May 2016 · 2016FAIR01
Michael Fairbairn has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.74, set at Ottawa Spring 2026, puts him in the top 2.4% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 239th in Canada. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 14 competitions since May 2016, he has put 420 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 9% around a typical one, steadier than 99% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 12.19 in May 2016 to 7.74, a 37% improvement. Michael has entered 14 competitions, more competitions than 95% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 7.74 | 9.88 | top 2.4% | 239 / 10,502 | |
| 2×2 | 2.17 | 3.92 | top 6.0% | 394 / 7,245 | |
| 4×4 | 36.49 | 41.88 | top 8.2% | 195 / 3,180 | |
| 5×5 | 1:05.96 | 1:17.95 | top 9.1% | 108 / 1,546 | |
| Megaminx | 1:11.87 | 1:15.77 | top 16.8% | 152 / 1,393 | |
| Square-1 | 15.50 | 22.89 | top 17.6% | 149 / 973 | |
| Clock | 9.03 | 11.61 | top 20.0% | 174 / 1,057 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.12 | 8.23 | top 20.9% | 880 / 4,913 | |
| Skewb | 5.75 | 8.38 | top 23.9% | 579 / 2,928 | |
| 6×6 | 2:31.47 | 2:38.87 | top 26.5% | 135 / 683 | |
| 7×7 | 3:54.04 | 4:03.23 | top 28.5% | 117 / 519 |
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
Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 18 Oct 2026Three personal bests in one day at Ottawa Side Events A 2026.
- 17 Oct 2026Five personal bests in one day at Ottawa Big Cubes 2026.
- 12 Apr 2026Three personal bests in one day at Ottawa Spring 2026.
- 18 Oct 2025Three personal bests in one day at Ottawa Big Cubes 2025.
- 3 May 2025Three personal bests in one day at Ottawa Spring 2025.
- 18 May 2019Four personal bests in one day at National Capital Region 2019.
Competitions
- Ottawa Side Events A 2026 · 18 Oct 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Ottawa Big Cubes 2026 · 17 Oct 2026 — 5 personal bests set
- Ottawa Spring 2026 · 12 Apr 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Open de Gatineau 2026 · 28 Feb 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Ottawa Big Cubes 2025 · 18 Oct 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Open de Gatineau 2025 · 7 Jun 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Ottawa Spring 2025 · 3 May 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Ottawa Spring 2024 · 4 May 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- NCR Favourites 2023 · 17 Sep 2023 — 1 personal best set
- National Capital Region A 2023 · 6 May 2023 — 1 personal best set
- National Capital Region 2019 · 18 May 2019 — 4 personal bests set
- National Capital Region 2018 · 19 May 2018 — 1 personal best set
- National Capital Region 2017 · 21 May 2017 — 3 personal bests set
- National Capital Region 2016 · 21 May 2016 — 1 personal best set
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.
- Nathan Liang — met in 53 rounds, finished ahead 29 times · head to head
- Amun Chawla — met in 45 rounds, finished ahead 45 times
- Jonathan Proulx — met in 45 rounds, finished ahead 22 times
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,419 people have one; it is 1.74 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 9,039 people have one; it is 0.17 away.
Targets move as he improves.