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Michael Montoya
3×3 · top 6.1% of 288,433 all-time · competing since October 2026 · 2026MONT26
Michael Montoya has been competing for 1 month. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.48, set at Turn Back the Clock Miami 2026, puts him in the top 6.1% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3,423rd in the United States. Until February 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 1 competition since October 2026, he has put 20 official solves on the record across three events.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 9.48 | 10.43 | top 6.1% | 3,423 / 60,666 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 17.43 | 21.36 | top 13.7% | 1,801 / 15,900 | |
| 2×2 | 3.27 | 7.13 | top 17.5% | 6,941 / 41,674 |
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 story so far
- 10 Oct 2026First competition: Turn Back the Clock Miami 2026. A 9.76 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Turn Back the Clock Miami 2026 · 10 Oct 2026 — 1 personal best set
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.
- Jesslyn Valerie — met in 4 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Nakhmen Halant — met in 4 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Josie Desmet — met in 4 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 1.48 away.
- A sub-15 3×3 one-handed single — 6,118 people have one; it is 2.43 away.
Targets move as he improves.