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Michael Messicci

3×3 · top 16.1% of 284,439 all-time · competing since December 2017 · 2017MESS04

Michael Messicci has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 12.63, set at Mega Minnesota Winter 2018, puts him in the top 16.1% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 8,639th in the United States. Across 7 competitions since December 2017, he has put 83 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 91% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 18.60 in December 2017 to 12.63, a 32% improvement. Michael has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 16.1% of 284,439 all-time
12.63
signature single · Mega Minnesota Winter 2018
83
official solves on the record
11%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 91% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×312.6315.16
top 16.1%8,639 / 59,724
2×26.399.45
top 54.9%22,441 / 40,951
Skewb10.8913.39
top 60.2%11,065 / 18,907
Pyraminx11.8415.20
top 66.2%19,571 / 28,708
Megaminx3:40.02
early days — 1 solve6,880 / 7,841

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

Race the Clock 2017: 18.60North Star Cubing Challenge 2018: 17.13CubingUSA Heartland Championship 2018: 15.88Minnesota Cube Melt 2018: 15.08Cubetcha 2018: 14.77Mega Minnesota Winter 2018: 12.63North Star Cubing Challenge 2019: 13.1412.6318.6031 Dec 201726 Jan 2019

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-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 0.63 away.
  • A sub-6 2×2 single — 95,042 people have one; it is 0.39 away.

Targets move as he improves.