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Michael Muething
Megaminx · top 0.16% of 34,786 all-time · competing since April 2019 · 2019MUET01
Michael Muething has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the Megaminx: a personal-best single of 29.09, set at UCLA Spring 2026, puts him in the top 0.16% of the 34,786 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 11th in the United States. Until July 2018, no official Megaminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 44 competitions since April 2019, he has put 2,240 official solves on the record across 15 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 59% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 19.82 in April 2019 to 6.36, a 68% improvement. Michael has entered 44 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Megaminx | 29.09 | 34.94 | top 0.16% | 11 / 7,841 | |
| 7×7 | 1:59.77 | 2:10.21 | top 0.56% | 20 / 3,184 | |
| 3×3 | 6.36 | 7.17 | top 0.73% | 477 / 59,724 | |
| 4×4 | 26.55 | 30.31 | top 1.2% | 206 / 19,072 | |
| 5×5 | 47.84 | 54.26 | top 1.2% | 109 / 9,401 | |
| Pyraminx | 2.10 | 3.43 | top 1.3% | 360 / 28,708 | |
| 6×6 | 1:26.59 | 1:30.73 | top 1.4% | 51 / 4,196 | |
| 2×2 | 1.48 | 2.91 | top 2.1% | 825 / 40,951 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 12.29 | 16.19 | top 3.4% | 512 / 15,683 | |
| Skewb | 2.94 | 3.94 | top 4.7% | 734 / 18,907 | |
| Square-1 | 9.58 | 13.18 | top 5.4% | 394 / 6,743 | |
| Clock | 7.12 | 7.85 | top 11.4% | 873 / 8,927 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 1:26.66 | 2:16.21 | top 21.9% | 445 / 2,092 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 52 moves | — | early days — 2 solves | 1,683 / 2,040 | |
| 3×3 Multi-Blind | 2 of 3 cubes · 29:57 | — | early days — 1 solve | 666 / 731 |
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
- 23 May 2026Four personal bests in one day at West Coast Cubing Western Championship 2026.
- 6 Dec 2025Three personal bests in one day at Huntington Park Winter 2025.
- 28 Jun 2025Three personal bests in one day at Warm Up Seattle 2025.
- 31 Aug 2024Three personal bests in one day at La La Land 2024.
- 2 Aug 2024Five personal bests in one day at CubingUSA Western Championship 2024.
- 10 Dec 2022Five personal bests in one day at Winter WestSide Events 2022.
Competitions
- West Coast Cubing Western Championship 2026 · 23 May 2026 — 4 personal bests set
- Poly Cubed at Pomona 2026 · 22 Mar 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Temecula Valley Spring 2026 · 7 Mar 2026
- UCLA Spring 2026 · 15 Feb 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Super Duper San Diego 2026 · 9 Jan 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Temecula Valley Winter 2025 · 13 Dec 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Huntington Park Winter 2025 · 6 Dec 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- UCLA Summer 2025 · 20 Jul 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025 · 3 Jul 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Warm Up Seattle 2025 · 28 Jun 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Westview Cubing Favorites 2025 · 1 Jun 2025 — 1 personal best set
- UCSD Weeknights III 2025 · 23 Jan 2025
- UCSD Fall 2024 · 23 Nov 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Vegas Cubing Cup Fall 2024 · 2 Nov 2024 — 1 personal best set
- UCSD Weeknights I 2024 · 18 Oct 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Super Duper San Diego 2024 · 28 Sep 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- La La Land 2024 · 31 Aug 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- CubingUSA Western Championship 2024 · 2 Aug 2024 — 5 personal bests set
- Vegas Cubing Cup Spring 2024 · 25 May 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Tacoma Winter Twisters 2024 · 20 Jan 2024
- Kent Summer 2023 · 9 Sep 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- SnoCo Has Too Much 3x3 2023 · 12 Aug 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Lakewood Spring 2023 · 13 May 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Welcome to Olympia 2023 · 29 Apr 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Chula Vista Winter 2023 · 14 Jan 2023
- Winter WestSide Events 2022 · 10 Dec 2022 — 5 personal bests set
- Cubing for Cancer RPV 2022 · 5 Nov 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- WCC Western Championship 2022 · 7 Oct 2022 — 8 personal bests set
- Bernardo Heights Sides Open 2022 · 25 Sep 2022 — 6 personal bests set
- Marshall Cubing September 2022 · 24 Sep 2022 — 6 personal bests set
- Irvine Summer 2022 · 28 Aug 2022 — 5 personal bests set
- Three Attempts Chicago 2022 · 18 Jun 2022 — 5 personal bests set
- Welcome Back Wisconsin 2 2021 · 30 Oct 2021 — 4 personal bests set
- Central Washington Winter 2020 · 22 Feb 2020 — 4 personal bests set
- Washington Championship 2020 · 24 Jan 2020 — 6 personal bests set
- UCSD Winter 2020 · 18 Jan 2020 — 2 personal bests set
- AZCubing Winter 2019 · 21 Dec 2019 — 5 personal bests set
- Yakima Side Events 2019 · 12 Oct 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Puget Sound Fall 2019 · 21 Sep 2019 — 4 personal bests set
- Indiana 2019 · 16 Aug 2019 — 5 personal bests set
- BeCubed Summer 2019 · 27 Jul 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Yakima Valley Cubing Spring 2019 · 1 Jun 2019 — 5 personal bests set
- Puget Sound Spring 2019 · 4 May 2019 — 4 personal bests set
- Atomic Cubing Spring 2019 · 6 Apr 2019
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.
- Shane Grogan — met in 249 rounds, finished ahead 178 times
- Kate Grahame — met in 231 rounds, finished ahead 58 times · head to head
- Paul Mahvi — met in 187 rounds, finished ahead 49 times
Next targets
- A sub-25 Megaminx single — 8 people have one; it is 4.09 away.
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 0.36 away.
Targets move as he improves.