People · United States
Michael Layne
3×3 · top 7.9% of 284,439 all-time · competing since June 2023 · 2023LAYN01
Michael Layne has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.14, set at CubingUSA Mid-Atlantic Championship 2025, puts him in the top 7.9% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 4,340th in the United States. Until May 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 8 competitions since June 2023, he has put 150 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 82% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 38.63 in June 2023 to 10.14, a 74% improvement. Michael has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 10.14 | 11.65 | top 7.9% | 4,340 / 59,724 | |
| 2×2 | 3.01 | 4.57 | top 14.3% | 5,641 / 40,951 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 19.00 | 24.29 | top 17.8% | 2,295 / 15,683 | |
| Clock | 11.16 | — | early days — 3 solves | 2,415 / 8,927 | |
| Pyraminx | 7.95 | 10.69 | top 35.8% | 10,123 / 28,708 | |
| 4×4 | 1:11.59 | 1:29.43 | top 48.4% | 8,089 / 19,072 | |
| Skewb | 18.05 | 20.34 | top 86.3% | 16,596 / 18,907 | |
| 5×5 | 3:41.17 | — | early days — 2 solves | 8,284 / 9,401 |
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
- 30 Aug 2025Three personal bests in one day at CubingUSA Mid-Atlantic Championship 2025.
- 29 Jun 2024First sub-20 3×3: 14.38 at Cubing in the Ocean County 2024.
- 29 Jun 2024First sub-15 3×3: 14.38 at Cubing in the Ocean County 2024.
- 29 Jun 2024Three personal bests in one day at Cubing in the Ocean County 2024.
- 2 Sep 2023First sub-30 3×3: 22.52 at Pretzel Mania Summer 2023.
- 3 Jun 2023First competition: Wilmington Warmup 2023. A 38.63 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- RCBC Cube Day NJ 2026 · 16 May 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- CubingUSA Mid-Atlantic Championship 2025 · 30 Aug 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Penn Cube Day Spring 2025 · 23 Mar 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Pop Off Princeton 2025 · 11 Jan 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Christmas City Cubing PA 2024 · 6 Oct 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Cubing in the Ocean County 2024 · 29 Jun 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Pretzel Mania Summer 2023 · 2 Sep 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Wilmington Warmup 2023 · 3 Jun 2023
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.
- Nico Ozsvath — met in 30 rounds, finished ahead once
- Ishan Donavalli — met in 30 rounds, never finished ahead
- Rex Ozsvath — met in 28 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.14 away.
- A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.01 away.
Targets move as he improves.