People · United States
Michael Franklin
3×3 · top 8.4% of 284,439 all-time · competing since August 2016 · 2016FRAN17
Michael Franklin has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.33, set at Nisei Week 2017, puts him in the top 8.4% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 4,644th in the United States. Until May 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 6 competitions since August 2016, he has put 57 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one, an early reading from 8 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 17.35 in August 2016 to 10.33, a 40% improvement. Michael has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 10.33 | 11.62 | top 8.4% | 4,644 / 59,724 | |
| 2×2 | 4.43 | 5.75 | top 32.0% | 12,724 / 40,951 | |
| Pyraminx | 7.92 | 12.53 | top 35.5% | 10,038 / 28,708 | |
| 4×4 | 1:19.78 | — | top 55.7% | 9,549 / 19,072 |
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
- 27 May 2017First sub-15 3×3: 12.31 at Cerritos Open 2017.
- 27 May 2017Three personal bests in one day at Cerritos Open 2017.
- 20 Aug 2016First competition: Nisei Week 2016. A 17.35 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Cerritos Open 2018 · 14 Apr 2018
- Newport Fall 2017 · 7 Oct 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Nisei Week 2017 · 19 Aug 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- Cerritos Open 2017 · 27 May 2017 — 3 personal bests set
- Caltech Fall 2016 · 12 Nov 2016
- Nisei Week 2016 · 20 Aug 2016
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.
- Michael Young — met in 14 rounds, finished ahead once
- Nathan Soria — met in 14 rounds, never finished ahead
- Isaac Langer — met in 14 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.33 away.
- A sub-4 2×2 single — 49,452 people have one; it is 0.43 away.
Targets move as he improves.