People · United States
Michael Policastro
3×3 · top 50.9% of 284,439 all-time · competing since March 2025 · 2025POLI05
Michael Policastro has been competing for a year. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 24.22, set at Fort Lee Summer 2025, puts him in the top 50.9% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 29,707th in the United States. Across 6 competitions since March 2025, he has put 30 official solves on the record across one event. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, an early reading from 6 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 30.77 in March 2025 to 24.22, a 21% improvement. Michael has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 24.22 | 29.84 | top 50.9% | 29,707 / 59,724 |
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
- 19 Apr 2025First sub-30 3×3: 29.62 at PBs in Palisades Spring 2025.
- 15 Mar 2025First competition: Liberty Science Center Open A 2025. A 30.77 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- PBs in Palisades Spring 2026 · 4 Apr 2026
- PBs in Palisades Open 2026 · 21 Feb 2026
- Liberty Science Center Fall A 2025 · 13 Sep 2025
- Fort Lee Summer 2025 · 2 Aug 2025 — 1 personal best set
- PBs in Palisades Spring 2025 · 19 Apr 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Liberty Science Center Open A 2025 · 15 Mar 2025
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.
- Carter Williams — met in 5 rounds, never finished ahead
- Ryan Hughes — met in 5 rounds, never finished ahead
- Kavin Prince — met in 5 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-20 3×3 single — 113,584 people have one; it is 4.22 away.
Targets move as he improves.