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Michael Larsen

4×4 · top 0.32% of 83,917 all-time · competing since April 2017 · 2017LARS03

Michael Larsen has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 4×4: a personal-best single of 23.01, set at Yuba City Spring 2026, puts him in the top 0.32% of the 83,917 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 60th in the United States. Until August 2014, no official 4×4 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 125 competitions since April 2017, he has put 5,508 official solves on the record across 17 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 67% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 20.03 in April 2017 to 5.85, a 71% improvement. Michael has entered 125 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

4×4
best event — top 0.32% of 83,917 all-time
23.01
signature single · Yuba City Spring 2026
5,508
official solves on the record
14%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 67% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
4×423.0129.59
top 0.32%60 / 19,072
3×35.857.26
top 0.4%272 / 59,724
3×3 one-handed8.8613.25
top 0.45%66 / 15,683
Skewb1.684.29
top 0.69%114 / 18,907
2×21.072.38
top 0.7%294 / 40,951
Square-17.0410.84
top 1.9%144 / 6,743
Pyraminx2.393.97
top 1.9%507 / 28,708
5×551.5058.79
top 2.2%172 / 9,401
Megaminx48.0957.41
top 4.3%303 / 7,841
3×3 Fewest Moves25 moves32.00
top 5.1%118 / 2,040
Clock5.958.28
top 7.1%558 / 8,927
6×61:56.442:02.40
top 9.7%343 / 4,196
7×73:20.603:35.03
top 16.5%459 / 3,184
3×3 blindfolded1:27.222:17.69
top 22.0%446 / 2,092
3×3 Multi-Blind6 of 7 cubes · 52:55—
top 39.6%301 / 731
4×4 blindfolded12:22.0017:16.00
top 68.1%283 / 440
5×5 blindfolded26:36.00—
early days — 2 solves177 / 218

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

Reno Spring 2017: 20.03Fresno Fall 2017: 12.85Reno Fall 2017: 10.46SacCubing III 2018: 11.43Reno Spring 2018: 9.65CubingUSA Nationals 2018: 10.48Berkeley Summer 2018: 9.59Reno Fall 2018: 8.74Reno Winter 2019: 9.71Berkeley Spring 2019: 8.46Reno Spring 2019: 9.18CubingUSA Nationals 2019: 10.33SacCubing VIII 2019: 8.75Reno Fall In Memoriam 2019: 8.58Berkeley Fall 2019: 9.14SacCubing IX 2020: 9.27Reno Winter 2020: 8.09Idaho Summer B 2021: 6.68SacCubing X 2021: 7.37Berkeley Fall 2022: 8.41Reno Fall 2022: 7.64SacCubing XIII 2023: 7.94Bay Area Speedcubin' 41 2023: 7.79Berkeley Spring 2023: 6.68Reno Spring 2023: 6.97Bay Area Speedcubin' 43 2023: 7.88SacCubing XIV 2023: 7.30Reno Summer 2023: 6.76Vegas Speedcubing Summer 2023: 6.44CubingUSA Western Championship 2023: 7.52Bay Area Speedcubin' 50 - Berkeley 2023: 8.52Burley Summer 2023: 8.16Berkeley Summer 2023: 7.05Bay Area Speedcubin' 51 Live - SSF 2023: 7.00Reno Fall 2023: 6.47SacCubing XV 2023: 6.18Bay Area Speedcubin' 53 - Berkeley 2023: 7.83Bobcat Battle Fall 2023: 7.04CubingUSA Rocky Mountain Championship 2023: 7.91Reno Mini 2023: 6.58Berkeley Fall 2023: 6.43Claws Up Winter 2023: 7.47Folsom Winter 2023: 6.54Reno Winter 2024: 7.63SacCubing XVI 2024: 7.43Honolulu Liʻiliʻi a ʻIke Maka 2024: 6.80Vegas Cubing Cup Winter 2024: 7.15Berkeley Winter 2024: 7.46Reno Spring 2024: 7.23Bobcat Battle Newcomers 2024: 6.89Moonbow Mega Kentucky 2024: 7.28Chico Spring 2024: 7.14Berkeley Spring 2024: 8.04Reno Mini Spring 2024: 6.06PortlaNxNd 2024: 7.47SacCubing XVII 2024: 7.39Reno Summer 2024: 6.44Bring the Heat AZ 2024: 7.15Bay Area Speedcubin' 63 - Atherton 2024: 7.13Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2024: 7.10CubingUSA Western Championship 2024: 7.02Davis Summer 2024: 8.07Back to School Colorado 2024: 6.43Bay Area Speedcubin' 64 LIVE - SSF 2024: 6.97SacCubing XVIII 2024: 6.84Reno Mini Summer 2024: 7.68Davis Fall 2024: 7.09WonderLand Education West Lafayette Fall 2024: 6.61Vegas Cubing Cup Fall 2024: 7.31Reno Fall 2024: 7.73Cubes Canes & Joy Vegas 2024: 6.52Rocklin Winter 2024: 6.79Honolulu Hoʻoilo 2025: 8.05Reno Mini Winter 2025: 7.50Bay Area Side Events Day 2025: 7.13Yuba City Spring 2025: 6.69Davis Spring 2025: 8.40Nevada Championship 2025: 6.47Rock-Cube-Lin Qualifier 2025: 7.25SacCubing XX 2025: 6.90Anchorage Spring 2025: 6.52Warm Up Seattle 2025: 6.77Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025: 8.13Reno Summer 2025: 7.60West Coast Cubing Western Championship 2025: 7.49SacCubing XXI 2025: 6.48Reno Mini Fall 2025: 6.81Sequoia Cubing 2025: 7.53Yuba City Fall 2025: 6.94SacCubing XXII 2026: 7.04Davis Winter 2026: 7.56UCSD March A 2026: 5.85Yuba City Spring 2026: 7.20Reno Spring 2026: 6.35West Coast Cubing Western Championship 2026: 7.18Cubing in the Park Reno 2026: 7.02BC Championship 2026: 6.81Bay Area Speedcubin' 69 2026: 7.605.8520.0322 Apr 201729 Aug 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-20 4×4 single — 42 people have one; it is 3.01 away.
  • A sub-5 3×3 single — 344 people have one; it is 0.85 away.

Targets move as he improves.