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Michael Ormond

3×3 · top 7.9% of 284,439 all-time · competing since October 2017 · 2017ORMO01

Michael Ormond has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.15, set at Think In Fink Fall 2022, puts him in the top 7.9% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 4,357th in the United States. Until May 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 25 competitions since October 2017, he has put 558 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 52% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 24.75 in February 2018 to 10.15, a 59% improvement. Michael has entered 25 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 7.9% of 284,439 all-time
10.15
signature single · Think In Fink Fall 2022
558
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 52% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×310.1513.08
top 7.9%4,357 / 59,724
2×22.693.82
top 10.8%4,258 / 40,951
4×442.2949.89
top 14.9%2,227 / 19,072
Pyraminx5.378.35
top 15.5%4,079 / 28,708
3×3 one-handed20.5231.11
top 21.9%2,823 / 15,683
Skewb6.1910.40
top 27.2%4,442 / 18,907
Clock13.7517.09
top 42.8%3,437 / 8,927
5×52:31.11—
top 66.3%5,781 / 9,401
3×3 blindfolded4:04.53—
top 69.1%1,433 / 2,092

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

Incredible Pencil Mania 2018: 24.75NovaCube 2018: 19.30River Hill Spring 2018: 21.16Slow N Steady Summer 2018: 18.87Princeton Fall 2018: 18.99CubingUSA Northeast Championship 2019: 13.87River Hill Spring 2019: 17.08CubingUSA Nationals 2019: 17.94Slow N Steady Summer 2019: 15.19Slow N Steady Winter 2020: 17.45Slow N Steady Fall 2021: 10.62Slow N Steady Spring 2022: 13.80ROC the Cube 2022: 12.48Pretzel Mania 2022: 13.27Think In Fink Fall 2022: 10.15River Hill Fall 2022: 16.14Pretzel Mania 2023: 12.24Slow N Steady Spring 2023: 12.95CubingUSA Nationals 2023: 13.59UMBC Winter 2024: 12.94UMBC Fall 2024: 14.41Slow N Steady UMD Fall 2024: 11.31River Hill Fall 2024: 13.36CubingUSA Mid-Atlantic Championship 2025: 10.2210.1524.7510 Feb 201830 Aug 2025

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-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.15 away.
  • A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.69 away.

Targets move as he improves.