People · United States
Michael Poole
2×2 · top 9.2% of 186,767 all-time · competing since April 2017 · 2017POOL01
Michael Poole has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.53, set at Classic City Summer 2017, puts him in the top 9.2% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3,622nd in the United States. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 4 competitions since April 2017, he has put 77 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 17% around a typical one, an early reading from 7 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 16.11 in April 2017 to 11.65, a 28% improvement. Michael has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 2.53 | 4.62 | top 9.2% | 3,622 / 40,951 | |
| 3×3 | 11.65 | 15.01 | top 12.7% | 6,808 / 59,724 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 36.07 | 44.46 | top 59.2% | 8,288 / 15,683 | |
| 4×4 | 1:36.39 | 1:41.22 | top 68.2% | 12,129 / 19,072 |
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
- 5 Aug 2017First sub-15 3×3: 13.31 at Classic City Summer 2017.
- 15 Apr 2017First competition: Florida Cubing Spring Qualifier 2017. A 16.38 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Cubing with Manatees 2020 · 18 Jan 2020 — 1 personal best set
- Indialantic Open 2018 · 9 Jun 2018
- Classic City Summer 2017 · 5 Aug 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- Florida Cubing Spring Qualifier 2017 · 15 Apr 2017 — 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.
- Sean Hartman — met in 17 rounds, never finished ahead
- Jacob Ambrose — met in 16 rounds, finished ahead once
- Sumanth Chandrupatla — met in 16 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.53 away.
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 1.65 away.
Targets move as he improves.