People · United States
Michael K. Lee
Pyraminx · top 26.7% of 130,891 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 130,891 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 7,428th 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 36,406 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.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 6.86 | 11.89 | top 26.7% | 7,428 / 29,168 | |
| 3×3 | 35.38 | 43.44 | top 71.1% | 43,727 / 60,666 | |
| Clock | 22.60 | — | top 71.6% | 6,360 / 9,172 | |
| 2×2 | 11.69 | 13.12 | top 83.5% | 35,264 / 41,674 | |
| Skewb | 28.68 | 54.30 | top 96.7% | 18,754 / 19,164 |
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
- 10 Dec 2023First sub-60 3×3: 59.89 at Manhattan Mini D 2023.
- 14 Nov 2021First competition: Babylon Fall 2021. A 3:27.17 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- West Coast Cubing Western Championship 2026 · 23 May 2026 — 1 personal best set
- PBs in Palisades Spring 2025 · 19 Apr 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2024 · 18 Jul 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Don't Pop Princeton 2024 · 23 Mar 2024
- GCU Winter 2024 · 13 Jan 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Manhattan Mini D 2023 · 10 Dec 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Newark's On Track 2023 · 26 Aug 2023 — 1 personal best set
- CubingUSA Nationals 2023 · 27 Jul 2023
- North Jersey Speedsolving B 2023 · 21 May 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- GCU Spring 2023 · 6 May 2023 — 1 personal best set
- NJIT Spring 2023 · 18 Mar 2023
- Empire State Winter Warmup 2023 · 4 Feb 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- West Chester Fall 2022 · 10 Dec 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Princeton Spring 2022 · 7 May 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Slow N Steady Spring 2022 · 2 Apr 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Babylon Fall 2021 · 14 Nov 2021
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.
- Mariana K. Lee — met in 39 rounds, never finished ahead
- Carter Williams — met in 29 rounds, never finished ahead
- Daniel Hong — met in 26 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-6 Pyraminx single — 26,233 people have one; it is 0.86 away.
- A sub-30 3×3 single — 180,530 people have one; it is 5.38 away.
Targets move as he improves.