People · United States
Michael Malin
2×2 · top 20.6% of 186,767 all-time · competing since January 2025 · 2025MALI02
Michael Malin has been competing for a year. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 3.53, set at Connecticut Championship 2025, puts him in the top 20.6% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 8,067th in the United States. Across 6 competitions since January 2025, he has put 131 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, an early reading from 7 counted rounds. That figure sets aside his 2 DNFs. His 2×2 best has come down from 3.97 in January 2025 to 3.53, an 11% improvement. Michael has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 3.53 | 3.94 | top 20.6% | 8,067 / 40,951 | |
| 3×3 | 16.33 | 20.64 | top 28.9% | 15,837 / 59,724 | |
| Pyraminx | 7.25 | 10.40 | top 29.9% | 8,297 / 28,708 | |
| Clock | 16.08 | 17.97 | top 52.1% | 4,271 / 8,927 | |
| 4×4 | 1:16.09 | — | top 52.6% | 8,913 / 19,072 | |
| Skewb | 13.54 | 17.16 | top 73.0% | 13,767 / 18,907 | |
| Square-1 | 55.84 | — | top 80.9% | 5,400 / 6,743 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 55.34 | — | top 81.0% | 12,032 / 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, 2×2. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 26 Jul 2025Three personal bests in one day at Connecticut Championship 2025.
- 20 Jul 2025Three personal bests in one day at Mystic Cubikon 2025.
- 10 May 2025Three personal bests in one day at Connecticut Spring 2025.
- 2 Feb 2025First sub-20 3×3: 18.75 at Fall River Cubikon 2025.
- 4 Jan 2025First competition: Cubing at the Course CT 2025. A 20.21 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Wide Moves & Waterslides CT 2026 · 10 Jan 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Connecticut Championship 2025 · 26 Jul 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Mystic Cubikon 2025 · 20 Jul 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Connecticut Spring 2025 · 10 May 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Fall River Cubikon 2025 · 2 Feb 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Cubing at the Course CT 2025 · 4 Jan 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.
- Jaustin Gudbrandsen — met in 34 rounds, never finished ahead
- Curtis Chai — met in 34 rounds, never finished ahead
- Ryan Durette — met in 29 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.53 away.
- A sub-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 1.33 away.
Targets move as he improves.