People · United States
Michael McCarty
3×3 · top 6.7% of 284,439 all-time · competing since June 2013 · 2013MCCA01
Michael McCarty has been competing for 13 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.73, set at Michigan Cubing Club Gamma 2016, puts him in the top 6.7% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3,678th in the United States. Until November 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 11 competitions since June 2013, he has put 377 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 83% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 11.65 in June 2013 to 9.73, a 16% improvement. Michael has entered eleven competitions, more competitions than 93% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 9.73 | 11.94 | top 6.7% | 3,678 / 59,724 | |
| 2×2 | 2.63 | 4.44 | top 10.2% | 4,015 / 40,951 | |
| 4×4 | 45.22 | 52.46 | top 18.6% | 2,813 / 19,072 | |
| Skewb | 5.22 | 8.57 | top 19.9% | 3,155 / 18,907 | |
| Megaminx | 1:24.24 | 1:31.53 | top 24.5% | 1,689 / 7,841 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 22.21 | 25.65 | top 26.6% | 3,435 / 15,683 | |
| Pyraminx | 7.16 | 11.72 | top 29.2% | 8,070 / 28,708 | |
| 5×5 | 1:43.54 | 1:53.78 | top 38.0% | 3,042 / 9,401 | |
| 7×7 | 4:35.15 | 4:53.56 | top 42.8% | 1,231 / 3,184 | |
| 6×6 | 3:50.79 | 4:07.86 | top 62.5% | 2,417 / 4,196 |
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
- 5 Nov 2016First sub-10 3×3: 9.73 at Michigan Cubing Club Gamma 2016.
- 5 Nov 2016Three personal bests in one day at Michigan Cubing Club Gamma 2016.
- 12 Jul 2014Four personal bests in one day at Michigan 2014.
- 12 Oct 2013Four personal bests in one day at Leaf Town 2013.
- 15 Jun 2013First competition: New Albany 2013. A 11.65 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Michigan Cubing Club Delta 2018 · 10 Nov 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Michigan Cubing Club Gamma 2016 · 5 Nov 2016 — 3 personal bests set
- Michigan 2016 · 13 Aug 2016 — 2 personal bests set
- Michigan Mystery 2014 · 22 Nov 2014 — 2 personal bests set
- Michigan 2014 · 12 Jul 2014 — 4 personal bests set
- Michigan May Madness 2014 · 10 May 2014 — 1 personal best set
- Blizzard Town 2014 · 11 Jan 2014 — 1 personal best set
- Hillsdale Fall 2013 · 9 Nov 2013 — 1 personal best set
- Leaf Town 2013 · 12 Oct 2013 — 4 personal bests set
- Tree Town 2013 · 13 Jul 2013 — 2 personal bests set
- New Albany 2013 · 15 Jun 2013
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.
- Blake Thompson — met in 76 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- James Hildreth — met in 68 rounds, finished ahead 20 times
- Yuxuan Chen (陈雨璇) — met in 64 rounds, finished ahead 38 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.73 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.63 away.
Targets move as he improves.