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Michael Heimel

2×2 · top 16.1% of 186,767 all-time · competing since November 2016 · 2016HEIM02

Michael Heimel has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 3.16, set at Cubetcha 2017, puts him in the top 16.1% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 6,312th in the United States. Across 2 competitions since November 2016, he has put 31 official solves on the record across four events. His 2×2 best has come down from 7.88 in November 2016 to 3.16, a 60% improvement. Michael has entered two competitions.

2×2
best event — top 16.1% of 186,767 all-time
3.16
signature single · Cubetcha 2017
31
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
2×23.165.72
top 16.1%6,312 / 40,951
Pyraminx6.4510.69
top 23.4%6,345 / 28,708
3×322.8024.68
top 47.4%27,505 / 59,724
3×3 one-handed1:43.21
early days — 1 solve15,093 / 15,683

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

Cubetcha 2016: 7.88Cubetcha 2017: 3.163.167.885 Nov 201628 Oct 2017

Best single per competition, 2×2. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.

The story so far

  • 28 Oct 2017First sub-30 3×3: 22.80 at Cubetcha 2017.
  • 5 Nov 2016First competition: Cubetcha 2016. A 30.48 3×3 single to start from.

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-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.16 away.
  • A sub-6 Pyraminx single — 25,870 people have one; it is 0.45 away.

Targets move as he improves.