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Michael Grimsley

3×3 · top 41.1% of 284,439 all-time · competing since July 2004 · 2004GRIM01

Michael Grimsley has been competing for 22 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 20.40, set at Denver Open 2008, puts him in the top 41.1% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 23,398th in the United States. Across 22 competitions since July 2004, he has put 145 official solves on the record across three events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 75% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 46.68 in July 2004 to 20.40, a 56% improvement. Michael has entered 22 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 41.1% of 284,439 all-time
20.40
signature single · Denver Open 2008
145
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 75% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×320.4023.19
top 41.1%23,398 / 59,724
3×3 one-handed1:04.28
early days — 2 solves13,043 / 15,683
4×42:25.322:52.75
top 90.6%17,298 / 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

US Nationals 2004: 46.68Caltech Fall competition 2004: 36.58Kennedy Middle School Fall competition 2004: 28.92Caltech Winter competition 2005: 38.63Caltech Spring competition 2005: 35.03Northern California Fall Open 2005: 30.54Caltech Fall competition 2005: 27.80Rubik's World Championship 2005: 26.27Caltech Winter competition 2006: 28.37Caltech Spring competition 2006: 30.69US Nationals 2006: 30.36Caltech Fall competition 2006: 29.78UC Berkeley Fall competition 2006: 31.91Caltech Winter competition 2007: 26.08US Open 2007: 24.11Denver Open 2008: 20.40Boulder 2008: 25.18San Francisco Open 2009: 25.60Denver Open 2009: 22.77Aurora Summer competition 2009: 22.16Boulder 2009: 23.90World Rubik's Cube Championship 2013: 24.6320.4046.6810 Jul 200426 Jul 2013

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-20 3×3 single — 113,584 people have one; it is 0.40 away.
  • A sub-1:00 3×3 one-handed single — 61,825 people have one; it is 4.28 away.

Targets move as he improves.