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Michael Paul

3×3 · top 31.5% of 284,439 all-time · competing since February 2016 · 2016PAUL02

Michael Paul has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 17.16, set at Vancouver Open Winter 2017, puts him in the top 31.5% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3,081st in Canada. Across 3 competitions since February 2016, he has put 37 official solves on the record across four events. His 3×3 best has come down from 27.51 in February 2016 to 17.16, a 38% improvement. Michael has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 31.5% of 284,439 all-time
17.16
signature single · Vancouver Open Winter 2017
37
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingCanada
3×317.1625.70
top 31.5%3,081 / 10,392
2×25.727.65
top 47.9%3,437 / 7,173
3×3 one-handed45.301:00.03
top 71.9%1,741 / 2,620
4×41:53.25
early days — 2 solves2,341 / 3,118

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

Vancouver Open Winter 2016: 27.51Vancouver Fall 2016: 24.91Vancouver Open Winter 2017: 17.1617.1627.516 Feb 20167 Jan 2017

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-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 2.16 away.
  • A sub-5 2×2 single — 73,413 people have one; it is 0.72 away.

Targets move as he improves.