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Michael Layher

3×3 · top 63.1% of 284,439 all-time · competing since October 2007 · 2007LAYH01

Michael Layher has been competing for 19 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 30.33, set at Hessen Open 2018, puts him in the top 63.1% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,845th in Germany. Across 26 competitions since October 2007, he has put 125 official solves on the record across one event. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 18% around a typical one; 98% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 1:26.68 in October 2007 to 30.33, a 65% improvement. Michael has entered 26 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 63.1% of 284,439 all-time
30.33
signature single · Hessen Open 2018
125
official solves on the record
18%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 98% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingGermany
3×330.3337.95
top 63.1%2,845 / 4,109

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

World Rubik's Cube Championship 2007: 1:26.68World Rubik's Cube Championship 2009: 1:05.50Munich Open 2010: 48.68Aachen Open 2011: 44.44German Open 2011: 47.68Hamburg Open 2011: 34.86Munich Open 2011: 37.55Hessen Open 2012: 42.58German Open 2012: 42.58BW Open 2012: 31.52Berlin Open 2012: 31.77Aachen Summer Open 2012: 38.43Munich Open 2012: 35.09Hessen Open 2013: 35.44BW Open 2013: 36.45Munich Open 2013: 33.75Hessen Open 2014: 33.86Munich Open 2014: 31.80Munich Open 2015: 33.56Hessen Open 2016: 41.11Munich Open 2016: 32.09Schwandorf Open 2017: 37.85Munich Open 2017: 41.02Hessen Open 2018: 30.33Munich Open 2018: 43.41Munich Open 2019: 34.8230.331:26.685 Oct 20072 Nov 2019

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-30 3×3 single — 177,856 people have one; it is 0.33 away.

Targets move as he improves.