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Michael Hawkshaw
3×3 · top 11.4% of 284,439 all-time · competing since August 2022 · 2022HAWK02
Michael Hawkshaw has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 11.28, set at Dublin Summer Solving Saturday 2023, puts him in the top 11.4% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 171st in Ireland. Across 9 competitions since August 2022, he has put 250 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 63% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 38.91 in August 2022 to 11.28, a 71% improvement. Michael has entered nine competitions, more competitions than 91% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Ireland | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 11.28 | 15.25 | top 11.4% | 171 / 1,427 | |
| 2×2 | 2.98 | 4.33 | top 14.0% | 199 / 1,163 | |
| Pyraminx | 7.01 | 11.22 | top 27.9% | 325 / 911 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 29.95 | 48.43 | top 46.5% | 181 / 448 | |
| Skewb | 10.72 | 16.12 | top 59.3% | 387 / 624 | |
| 4×4 | 1:51.75 | — | top 77.7% | 414 / 579 |
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
- 26 Jul 2025Three personal bests in one day at Meath for Speed 2025.
- 8 Mar 2025Three personal bests in one day at Gort-a Go Fast 2025.
- 19 Aug 2023Three personal bests in one day at Dublin Summer Solving Saturday 2023.
- 7 Jul 2023First sub-20 3×3: 17.12 at Irish Championship 2023.
- 7 Jul 2023First sub-15 3×3: 14.74 at Irish Championship 2023.
- 7 Jul 2023Six personal bests in one day at Irish Championship 2023.
Competitions
- Dublin Autumn Solving 2025 · 30 Aug 2025
- Meath for Speed 2025 · 26 Jul 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Don't Go Slow in Wicklow 2025 · 26 Apr 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Gort-a Go Fast 2025 · 8 Mar 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Cubing in Cill Chainnigh 2023 · 9 Sep 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Dublin Summer Solving Saturday 2023 · 19 Aug 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Irish Championship 2023 · 7 Jul 2023 — 6 personal bests set
- Irish Championship 2022 · 4 Nov 2022 — 3 personal bests set
- Dublin Open Saturday 2022 · 20 Aug 2022
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.
- William Carey — met in 49 rounds, never finished ahead
- Ben Timmons — met in 48 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Simon Kelly — met in 46 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 1.28 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.98 away.
Targets move as he improves.