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Michael Im

3×3 · top 16.9% of 284,439 all-time · competing since January 2018 · 2018IMMI01

Michael Im has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 12.86, set at Bay Area Speedcubin' 20 2019, puts him in the top 16.9% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 9,072nd in the United States. Across 4 competitions since January 2018, he has put 37 official solves on the record across two events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one, an early reading from 5 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 18.52 in January 2018 to 12.86, a 31% improvement. Michael has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 16.9% of 284,439 all-time
12.86
signature single · Bay Area Speedcubin' 20 2019
37
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×312.8617.24
top 16.9%9,072 / 59,724
2×24.066.76
top 27.3%10,764 / 40,951

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

SacCubing III 2018: 18.52Berkeley Winter 2018: 15.36Bay Area Speedcubin' 11 2018: 16.43Bay Area Speedcubin' 20 2019: 12.8612.8618.5227 Jan 201812 Oct 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 0.86 away.
  • A sub-4 2×2 single — 49,452 people have one; it is 0.06 away.

Targets move as he improves.