People · United States
Michael J. Nevarez
3×3 · top 9.5% of 284,439 all-time · competing since June 2025 · 2025NEVA01
Michael J. Nevarez has been competing for a year. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.68, set at Bring the Heat AZ 2025, puts him in the top 9.5% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 5,175th in the United States. Until August 2006, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 5 competitions since June 2025, he has put 76 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 79% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 15.77 in June 2025 to 10.68, a 32% improvement. Michael has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 10.68 | 15.45 | top 9.5% | 5,175 / 59,724 | |
| Skewb | 8.31 | 10.72 | top 43.6% | 7,665 / 18,907 | |
| 2×2 | 6.31 | 6.93 | top 54.1% | 22,064 / 40,951 | |
| Pyraminx | 10.88 | 13.84 | top 59.7% | 17,510 / 28,708 | |
| 4×4 | 1:32.89 | — | early days — 2 solves | 11,622 / 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
Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 19 Jul 2025First sub-15 3×3: 10.68 at Bring the Heat AZ 2025.
- 14 Jun 2025First competition: El Paso 2025. A 15.77 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Only Cubes in ABQ 2026 · 6 Jun 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Rocky Mountain Championship 2025 · 24 Oct 2025
- Bear Down AZ 2025 · 20 Sep 2025
- Bring the Heat AZ 2025 · 19 Jul 2025 — 1 personal best set
- El Paso 2025 · 14 Jun 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.
- Mia Sponseller — met in 16 rounds, never finished ahead
- Brendan McConkey — met in 13 rounds, finished ahead 10 times
- Sean Dominguez — met in 11 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.68 away.
- A sub-8 Skewb single — 30,246 people have one; it is 0.31 away.
Targets move as he improves.