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Michael Francis

3×3 · top 25.9% of 284,439 all-time · competing since December 2023 · 2023FRAN48

Michael Francis has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 15.43, set at Finger Lakes Fingertricks 2024, puts him in the top 25.9% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 14,093rd in the United States. Across 3 competitions since December 2023, he has put 41 official solves on the record across four events. His 3×3 best has come down from 34.86 in December 2023 to 15.43, a 56% improvement. Michael has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 25.9% of 284,439 all-time
15.43
signature single · Finger Lakes Fingertricks 2024
41
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×315.4317.59
top 25.9%14,093 / 59,724
2×26.508.52
top 55.9%22,881 / 40,951
Clock19.0521.35
top 61.9%5,221 / 8,927
Skewb17.5722.20
top 85.3%16,417 / 18,907

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

Cicero 2023: 34.86Finger Lakes Fingertricks 2024: 15.43Cubing in the 'Cuse 2026: 16.4815.4334.863 Dec 202314 Mar 2026

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.

  • Evan Liu — met in 9 rounds, never finished ahead
  • Ethan Qiu — met in 9 rounds, never finished ahead
  • Evan Waters — met in 9 rounds, never finished ahead

Next targets

  • A sub-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 0.43 away.
  • A sub-6 2×2 single — 95,042 people have one; it is 0.50 away.

Targets move as he improves.