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Michael Margate

3×3 · top 13.1% of 284,439 all-time · competing since August 2016 · 2016MARG01

Michael Margate has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 11.78, set at GA Cubers February C 2022, puts him in the top 13.1% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 7,044th in the United States. Across 5 competitions since August 2016, he has put 89 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 93% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 22.57 in August 2016 to 11.78, a 48% improvement. Michael has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 13.1% of 284,439 all-time
11.78
signature single · GA Cubers February C 2022
89
official solves on the record
11%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 93% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×311.7813.56
top 13.1%7,044 / 59,724
4×448.0657.31
top 22.2%3,369 / 19,072
Skewb6.999.35
top 33.6%5,635 / 18,907
2×26.147.36
top 52.3%21,345 / 40,951
Square-158.78
early days — 2 solves5,540 / 6,743

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

Discovery Place 2016: 22.57Athens Winter 2016: 18.80All Aboard 2017: 16.35Mountain View Open 2017: 15.99GA Cubers February C 2022: 11.7811.7822.5713 Aug 201627 Feb 2022

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-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 1.78 away.
  • A sub-40 4×4 single — 10,180 people have one; it is 8.06 away.

Targets move as he improves.