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Michael Kaiser

3×3 · top 1.8% of 284,439 all-time · competing since June 2016 · 2016KAIS03

Michael Kaiser has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.34, set at Empire State Spring 2022, puts him in the top 1.8% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,055th in the United States. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 26 competitions since June 2016, he has put 815 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 52% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 29.95 in June 2016 to 7.34, a 75% improvement. Michael has entered 26 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 1.8% of 284,439 all-time
7.34
signature single · Empire State Spring 2022
815
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 52% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×37.349.62
top 1.8%1,055 / 59,724
2×21.412.43
top 1.8%705 / 40,951
Skewb2.464.62
top 2.7%402 / 18,907
Pyraminx3.414.09
top 5.1%1,333 / 28,708
Square-19.9614.24
top 6.0%439 / 6,743
3×3 one-handed13.9316.05
top 6.0%836 / 15,683
4×435.5242.39
top 7.2%1,101 / 19,072
5×51:07.581:14.52
top 10.0%782 / 9,401
6×62:29.962:33.44
top 25.6%911 / 4,196
7×73:50.964:04.70
top 27.5%777 / 3,184
Megaminx2:01.97—
top 46.8%3,458 / 7,841
Clock17.7420.70
top 57.9%4,832 / 8,927
3×3 Fewest Moves50 moves53.00
early days — 3 solves1,618 / 2,040

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

Slow N Steady Spring 2016: 29.95Slow N Steady Fall 2016: 21.99Princeton Fall 2016: 18.63Rockville Winter 2017: 18.25Virginia Open Winter 2017: 13.71Slow N Steady Spring 2017: 12.48Severna Park Summer 2017: 12.37Rally In The Valley 2017: 11.48Hudson Valley Fall 2017: 10.83Severna Park Showdown 2017: 8.54Penn Cube Day Winter 2018: 10.25Incredible Pencil Mania 2018: 9.99Slow N Steady Winter 2018: 9.99NovaCube 2018: 11.78River Hill Spring 2018: 8.74WFS Cubing Spring 2018: 9.32Tea Time Spring 2018: 9.56Penn Cube Day Fall 2018: 10.12Slow N Steady Fall 2021: 8.99Slow N Steady Spring 2022: 7.83Empire State Spring 2022: 7.34Pretzel Mania 2022: 7.487.3429.9518 Jun 20163 Sep 2022

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 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.34 away.
  • A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.41 away.

Targets move as he improves.