People · United States
Michael Lie
Pyraminx · top 16.4% of 129,321 all-time · competing since January 2023 · 2023LIEM01
Michael Lie has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 5.49, set at KCKC 5 Fast and Furious 2024, puts him in the top 16.4% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 4,345th in the United States. Across 12 competitions since January 2023, he has put 325 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 10% around a typical one, steadier than 96% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 41.96 in January 2023 to 15.86, a 62% improvement. Michael has entered twelve competitions, more competitions than 94% 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 | 5.49 | 9.60 | top 16.4% | 4,345 / 28,708 | |
| 3×3 | 15.86 | 19.19 | top 27.3% | 14,955 / 59,724 | |
| 2×2 | 4.13 | 6.03 | top 28.1% | 11,135 / 40,951 | |
| Skewb | 6.87 | 9.94 | top 32.6% | 5,458 / 18,907 | |
| 4×4 | 1:07.24 | 1:18.31 | top 44.2% | 7,300 / 19,072 | |
| Clock | 16.42 | 20.30 | top 53.4% | 4,403 / 8,927 | |
| 5×5 | 2:13.38 | 2:29.90 | top 57.3% | 4,871 / 9,401 | |
| Megaminx | 2:29.26 | 2:53.59 | top 60.8% | 4,584 / 7,841 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 41.24 | 47.15 | top 67.1% | 9,570 / 15,683 |
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
- 13 Jun 2026Four personal bests in one day at Wichita Air Capital Cubing 2026.
- 9 Aug 2025Three personal bests in one day at Lawrence Summer 2025.
- 16 Aug 2024Six personal bests in one day at Missouri Championship 2024.
- 20 Jan 2024First sub-20 3×3: 19.83 at Megamania in Louisville 2024.
- 17 Sep 2023First sub-30 3×3: 21.72 at Swoop in and Solve Oxford 2023.
- 17 Sep 2023Three personal bests in one day at Swoop in and Solve Oxford 2023.
Competitions
- Wichita Air Capital Cubing 2026 · 13 Jun 2026 — 4 personal bests set
- Lawrence Summer 2025 · 9 Aug 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Doing Time in Leavenworth 2025 · 31 May 2025
- Kansas City Side Events 2025 · 3 May 2025
- Wichita Art Museum 2025 · 22 Mar 2025 — 1 personal best set
- KCKC 6 Cubing for Cake 2024 · 12 Oct 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Missouri Championship 2024 · 16 Aug 2024 — 6 personal bests set
- KCKC 5 Fast and Furious 2024 · 3 Aug 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Cincinnati Speed Solving 2024 · 27 Apr 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Megamania in Louisville 2024 · 20 Jan 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Swoop in and Solve Oxford 2023 · 17 Sep 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- FMC in a Gem City Temple 2023 · 21 Jan 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.
- Trenton Cuzick — met in 48 rounds, finished ahead once
- Wendell Gundy — met in 41 rounds, finished ahead 15 times
- Zebediah Yongo — met in 38 rounds, finished ahead 20 times
Next targets
- A sub-5 Pyraminx single — 17,019 people have one; it is 0.49 away.
- A sub-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 0.86 away.
Targets move as he improves.