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Michael Liubarets

3×3 · top 0.096% of 288,433 all-time · competing since May 2023 · 2023LJUB01

Michael Liubarets has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 4.87, set at Budapest Open 2026, puts him in the top 0.096% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 4th in Ukraine. Until November 2016, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 48 competitions since May 2023, he has put 1,719 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 77% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 7.68 in May 2023 to 4.87, a 37% improvement. Michael has entered 48 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 0.096% of 288,433 all-time
4.87
signature single · Budapest Open 2026
1,719
official solves on the record
14%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 77% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUkraine
3×34.876.36
top 0.096%4 / 2,889
2×20.962.37
top 0.49%7 / 1,911
4×424.4629.94
top 0.59%6 / 878
3×3 one-handed11.7616.01
top 2.7%22 / 765
Pyraminx3.674.93
top 6.2%120 / 1,484
5×51:02.111:09.53
top 6.8%34 / 431
Megaminx1:15.131:24.91
top 18.8%78 / 425
6×62:23.862:44.44
top 22.6%41 / 173
7×74:20.884:27.43
early days — 3 solves54 / 140

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

Wiener Frühling 2023: 7.68Vienna Big Cube Summer 2023: 7.14NÖ Cube Day 2023: 8.26BMME 3x3 Day 2023: 7.15Vienna Fasching 2024: 6.97Graz Open 2024: 7.58Longstone City Blind Open 2024: 7.09Vienna Summer 2024: 6.78Venzone: Road to Euro 2024: 5.93Slovak Nationals 2024: 6.71Lužice Open 2024: 7.49Slovenian Nationals 2024: 6.69Vienna Autumn 2024: 6.98Rubik's Italian Championship 2024: 6.34Kopr Cube 2024: 6.77Lužice Winter 2024: 5.36Cubing in Ružinov: January 2025: 5.77Südtirol Open 2025: 6.39Let's Solve Liberec 2025: 6.38Vienna Fasching 2025: 6.05Langenstein City Blind Open 2025: 6.74Easter in Prague-East 2025: 5.79Dosson al Cubo 2025: 5.89Linz Summer 2025: 6.02Slovak Championship 2025: 6.28Czech Championship 2025: 5.69Back to School in Ivanka 2025: 6.46Graz Open 2025: 5.76Vienna Autumn 2025: 6.30Linz Nikolaus Day 2025: 5.91Suchá nad Parnou Open 2026: 6.20Vienna Winter 2026: 6.43Třinec Open 2026: 6.29Cubing in Ružinov: March 2026: 5.02Budapest Open 2026: 4.87Dobřejovice Special 2026: 6.08Langenstein City Blind Open 2026: 5.01Kostelec NxN 2026: 5.91Vienna Frühling 2026: 5.94Dosson al Cubo 2026: 5.23Dolné Orešany Open 2026: 5.00Slovak Championship 2026: 5.35Rubik's WCA European Championship 2026: 5.63Langenstein Summer 2026: 5.22Graz Open 2026: 5.58Dolné Orešany Autumn 2026: 5.92GercenCube Petržalka 2026: 5.21Mini Guildford in Olomouc 2026: 5.094.878.2620 May 202310 Oct 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-4 3×3 single — 41 people have one; it is 0.87 away.
  • A sub-20 4×4 single — 46 people have one; it is 4.46 away.

Targets move as he improves.