People · United States
Michael Hammons
2×2 · top 37.5% of 189,179 all-time · competing since November 2025 · 2025HAMM11
Michael Hammons has been competing for a year. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 4.85, set at LA Summer Throwdown 2026, puts him in the top 37.5% of the 189,179 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 15,215th in the United States. Across 6 competitions since November 2025, he has put 99 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, an early reading from 6 counted rounds. His 2×2 best has come down from 12.98 in January 2026 to 4.85, a 63% 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 4.85 | 8.98 | top 37.5% | 15,215 / 41,674 | |
| Clock | 17.16 | 20.88 | top 56.1% | 4,788 / 9,172 | |
| 3×3 | 26.77 | 29.99 | top 56.4% | 33,808 / 60,666 | |
| Pyraminx | 13.15 | 19.33 | top 73.7% | 22,209 / 29,168 | |
| Skewb | 15.13 | 19.15 | top 78.7% | 15,244 / 19,164 |
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, 2×2. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 27 Jun 2026First sub-30 3×3: 26.77 at LA Summer Throwdown 2026.
- 1 Nov 2025First competition: LA Twist or Treat 2025. A 41.77 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Louisiana Championship 2026 · 26 Sep 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Cubalaya LA 2026 · 25 Jul 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- LA Summer Throwdown 2026 · 27 Jun 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Cube Against Cancer LA 2026 · 4 Apr 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Baton Rouge Winter 2026 · 2 Jan 2026 — 1 personal best set
- LA Twist or Treat 2025 · 1 Nov 2025
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.
- Alexander Laiche — met in 20 rounds, never finished ahead
- Seth Talbot — met in 20 rounds, never finished ahead
- Ordway Persyn — met in 20 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-4 2×2 single — 50,215 people have one; it is 0.85 away.
- A sub-15 Clock single — 15,733 people have one; it is 2.16 away.
Targets move as he improves.