People · Canada
Michael Fairbairn
3×3 · top 2.4% of 284,439 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 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 236th in Canada. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 12 competitions since May 2016, he has put 379 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 35,811 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 twelve competitions, more competitions than 94% 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% | 236 / 10,392 | |
| 2×2 | 2.17 | 3.92 | top 6.0% | 387 / 7,173 | |
| 4×4 | 38.06 | 41.88 | top 9.8% | 231 / 3,118 | |
| 5×5 | 1:09.30 | 1:20.68 | top 11.1% | 133 / 1,499 | |
| Megaminx | 1:14.08 | 1:21.46 | top 18.1% | 164 / 1,375 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.12 | 8.23 | top 20.9% | 866 / 4,858 | |
| Skewb | 5.75 | 8.38 | top 23.8% | 577 / 2,907 | |
| Clock | 9.88 | 11.73 | top 24.5% | 218 / 1,029 | |
| Square-1 | 19.66 | 22.89 | top 27.2% | 233 / 952 | |
| 6×6 | 2:34.48 | 2:44.91 | top 27.9% | 143 / 665 | |
| 7×7 | 3:55.16 | 4:09.79 | early days — 3 solves | 117 / 503 |
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
- 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.
- 21 May 2017First sub-10 3×3: 9.60 at National Capital Region 2017.
- 21 May 2017Three personal bests in one day at National Capital Region 2017.
Competitions
- 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.
- Amun Chawla — met in 45 rounds, finished ahead 45 times
- Nathan Liang — met in 45 rounds, finished ahead 24 times · head to head
- Rémi Chrétien — met in 44 rounds, finished ahead 24 times
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.74 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.17 away.
Targets move as he improves.