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Michael M. Howell
Pyraminx · top 4.5% of 129,321 all-time · competing since April 2025 · 2025HOWE03
Michael M. Howell has been competing for a year. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 3.24, set at Salem Cubikon 2025, puts him in the top 4.5% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,171st in the United States. Until February 2008, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 3 competitions since April 2025, he has put 50 official solves on the record across seven events. Michael has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% 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 | 3.24 | 12.22 | top 4.5% | 1,171 / 28,708 | |
| 3×3 | 15.29 | 17.68 | top 25.4% | 13,836 / 59,724 | |
| 2×2 | 4.63 | 7.95 | top 34.6% | 13,788 / 40,951 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 31.87 | 36.77 | top 50.9% | 7,019 / 15,683 | |
| 4×4 | 1:21.08 | 1:28.61 | top 56.8% | 9,783 / 19,072 | |
| Clock | 20.06 | — | top 64.8% | 5,528 / 8,927 | |
| 5×5 | 2:35.20 | — | top 68.2% | 5,977 / 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
- 26 Apr 2025First competition: The Battle of Lexington Semiquincentennial 2025.
Competitions
- Salem Cubikon 2025 · 24 May 2025
- WPI Spring 2025 · 3 May 2025 — 1 personal best set
- The Battle of Lexington Semiquincentennial 2025 · 26 Apr 2025
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.
- Derek White — met in 14 rounds, never finished ahead
- Connor Meehan — met in 14 rounds, never finished ahead
- Lucas Zielfelder — met in 14 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-3 Pyraminx single — 4,700 people have one; it is 0.24 away.
- A sub-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 0.29 away.
Targets move as he improves.