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Michael Menachery

3×3 · top 22.3% of 284,439 all-time · competing since November 2021 · 2021MENA01

Michael Menachery has been competing for 5 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 14.37, set at River Hill Fall 2023, puts him in the top 22.3% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 12,029th in the United States. Across 10 competitions since November 2021, he has put 84 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 87% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 18.42 in November 2021 to 14.37, a 22% improvement. Michael has entered ten competitions, more competitions than 92% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 22.3% of 284,439 all-time
14.37
signature single · River Hill Fall 2023
84
official solves on the record
15%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 87% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×314.3718.14
top 22.3%12,029 / 59,724
2×24.757.23
top 36.1%14,435 / 40,951
3×3 blindfolded4:09.614:21.73
early days — 3 solves1,464 / 2,092
3×3 one-handed44.671:02.89
top 71.2%10,253 / 15,683
Pyraminx14.5821.15
top 80.3%23,763 / 28,708

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

Slow N Steady Fall 2021: 18.42River Hill Spring 2022: 19.51Silver Spring Summer 2022: 19.10Slow N Steady Spring 2023: 17.10Cubing in the Lion's Den 2023: 17.19River Hill Fall 2023: 14.37Cubing in the Lion's Den 2024: 15.33Bethesda Summer Showdown 2024: 17.44UMBC Fall 2024: 15.3014.3719.5120 Nov 202121 Sep 2024

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.

  • Rich Tayag — met in 18 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
  • Ian Lees — met in 16 rounds, finished ahead twice
  • Brad Hoffman — met in 16 rounds, finished ahead once

Next targets

  • A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 2.37 away.
  • A sub-4 2×2 single — 49,452 people have one; it is 0.75 away.

Targets move as he improves.