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Michael Lubke

3×3 · top 69.5% of 284,439 all-time · competing since November 2022 · 2022LUBK02

Michael Lubke has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 34.33, set at Queensland Open 2026, puts him in the top 69.5% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 7,907th in Australia. Across 17 competitions since November 2022, he has put 123 official solves on the record across three events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 80% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 56.31 in November 2022 to 34.33, a 39% improvement. Michael has entered 17 competitions, more competitions than 96% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 69.5% of 284,439 all-time
34.33
signature single · Queensland Open 2026
123
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 80% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingAustralia
3×334.3342.30
top 69.5%7,907 / 11,709
2×28.4813.42
top 70.7%5,808 / 8,567
4×43:59.29
early days — 2 solves3,044 / 3,051

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

Northside Spring Saturday 2022: 56.31Brisbane Summer 2023: 53.66Runaway Bay May Saturday 2023: 51.13Queensland Open 2023: 55.52U Cube at UQ Sunday 2023: 58.52Australian Nationals 2023: 48.57QUT Qube Challenge Sunday 2023: 47.74Brisbane Summer 2024: 44.57Cubing in Corinda Saturday 2024: 45.74Queensland Open 2024: 43.69Chilling in Toowoomba 2024: 42.14Speedy Southport 2024: 42.84Brisbane Summer 2025: 42.45Wide Bay Cubing 2025: 42.39Australian Nationals 2025: 39.98Cube Against Cancer Brisbane 2026: 37.33Queensland Open 2026: 34.3334.3358.5226 Nov 202227 Jun 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.

  • Toby Seufert — met in 30 rounds, never finished ahead
  • Kyle Jones — met in 29 rounds, never finished ahead
  • Joshua Ban — met in 28 rounds, finished ahead once

Next targets

  • A sub-30 3×3 single — 177,856 people have one; it is 4.33 away.
  • A sub-8 2×2 single — 126,624 people have one; it is 0.48 away.

Targets move as he improves.