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Michael K. Lee

Pyraminx · top 26.7% of 129,321 all-time · competing since November 2021 · 2021LEEM01

Michael K. Lee has been competing for 5 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 6.86, set at Manhattan Mini D 2023, puts him in the top 26.7% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 7,318th in the United States. Across 16 competitions since November 2021, he has put 170 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one; 90% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 3:27.17 in November 2021 to 35.38, an 83% improvement. Michael has entered 16 competitions, more competitions than 96% of everyone who has ever competed.

Pyraminx
best event — top 26.7% of 129,321 all-time
6.86
signature single · Manhattan Mini D 2023
170
official solves on the record
16%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 90% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
Pyraminx6.8611.89
top 26.7%7,318 / 28,708
3×335.3843.44
top 71.0%43,041 / 59,724
Clock22.60
top 71.5%6,188 / 8,927
2×211.6913.12
top 83.5%34,696 / 40,951
Skewb28.6854.30
top 96.7%18,488 / 18,907

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

Babylon Fall 2021: 3:27.17Slow N Steady Spring 2022: 1:21.42Princeton Spring 2022: 1:22.78West Chester Fall 2022: 1:33.14Empire State Winter Warmup 2023: 1:11.10NJIT Spring 2023: 1:26.12GCU Spring 2023: 1:11.47North Jersey Speedsolving B 2023: 1:29.93Newark's On Track 2023: 1:20.03Manhattan Mini D 2023: 59.89GCU Winter 2024: 1:04.65PBs in Palisades Spring 2025: 35.38West Coast Cubing Western Championship 2026: 43.8735.383:27.1714 Nov 202123 May 2026

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-6 Pyraminx single — 25,870 people have one; it is 0.86 away.
  • A sub-30 3×3 single — 177,856 people have one; it is 5.38 away.

Targets move as he improves.