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Michael Giang

2×2 · top 5.2% of 186,767 all-time · competing since January 2014 · 2014GIAN01

Michael Giang has been competing for 13 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.07, set at Adelaide Autumn 2023, puts him in the top 5.2% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 385th in Australia. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 29 competitions since January 2014, he has put 730 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 51% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 17.90 in January 2014 to 10.89, a 39% improvement. Michael has entered 29 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 5.2% of 186,767 all-time
2.07
signature single · Adelaide Autumn 2023
730
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 51% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingAustralia
2×22.075.26
top 5.2%385 / 8,567
3×3 one-handed14.8422.11
top 7.8%181 / 2,659
Pyraminx4.1110.84
top 8.2%378 / 5,993
3×310.8913.20
top 10.1%900 / 11,709
Skewb4.4611.62
top 14.2%372 / 3,534
4×455.701:01.46
top 31.6%823 / 3,051
5×52:46.46—
early days — 2 solves1,034 / 1,356
3×3 Fewest Moves51 moves53.00
early days — 3 solves354 / 468
Clock38.97—
early days — 1 solve1,020 / 1,095

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

Lifestyle Seasons Summer 2014: 17.90Northpark Adelaide 2014: 17.19SA State Championship 2021: 16.55Adelaide Summer 2022: 13.05Adelaide Autumn 2022: 13.54Clare Valley Cubing 2022: 15.28South Australian Open 2022: 13.16Rubik's WCA Oceanic Championship 2022: 11.41Adelaide Summer 2023: 12.79Adelaide Autumn 2023: 13.31Adelaide Winter Saturday 2023: 12.91Rubik's WCA World Championship 2023: 13.80South Australian Open 2023: 12.79Adelaide Summer 2024: 10.90All Welcome Adelaide 2024: 11.40Australian Nationals 2024: 12.10Northern Adelaide Cubing 2024: 12.35Adelaide Summer 2025: 11.99Tramsheds IV: Summer Sunday 2025: 12.80All Welcome Adelaide 2025: 12.98SA State Championship 2025: 11.50Kubing in Klemzig 2025: 12.27Marino Madness 2025: 12.59Adelaide Summer 2026: 12.66Adelaide Autumn 2026: 10.89Spark Melbourne Autumn Saturday 2026: 13.19Klemzig Kubing Decathlon 2026: 11.3710.8917.9011 Jan 201422 Aug 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.

Next targets

  • A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.07 away.
  • A sub-12 3×3 one-handed single — 2,187 people have one; it is 2.84 away.

Targets move as he improves.