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Michael Gillespie

3×3 · top 19.0% of 284,439 all-time · competing since April 2018 · 2018GILL03

Michael Gillespie has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 13.44, set at Mudd Winter 2019, puts him in the top 19.0% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 10,213th in the United States. Across 3 competitions since April 2018, he has put 52 official solves on the record across six events. His 3×3 best has come down from 17.02 in April 2018 to 13.44, a 21% improvement. Michael has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 19.0% of 284,439 all-time
13.44
signature single · Mudd Winter 2019
52
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×313.4417.08
top 19.0%10,213 / 59,724
2×25.396.12
top 44.1%17,775 / 40,951
Skewb8.5812.45
top 45.6%8,043 / 18,907
4×41:16.831:37.22
top 53.2%9,050 / 19,072
Square-137.9248.35
top 62.7%4,137 / 6,743
5×53:16.63
early days — 2 solves7,631 / 9,401

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

Nipomo Spring 2018: 17.02Anaheim Fall 2018: 15.44Mudd Winter 2019: 13.4413.4417.0221 Apr 20182 Feb 2019

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-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 1.44 away.
  • A sub-5 2×2 single — 73,413 people have one; it is 0.39 away.

Targets move as he improves.