People · Portugal
Michael Preston Messerly-Montemor
3×3 · top 62.2% of 284,439 all-time · competing since April 2024 · 2024MESS03
Michael Preston Messerly-Montemor has been competing for 2 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 29.80, set at Portugal Championship 2025, puts him in the top 62.2% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 351st in Portugal. Across 6 competitions since April 2024, he has put 70 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one, an early reading from 6 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 48.37 in April 2024 to 29.80, a 38% 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 | Portugal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 29.80 | 32.97 | top 62.2% | 351 / 547 | |
| 2×2 | 8.15 | 10.65 | top 68.8% | 276 / 417 | |
| Pyraminx | 14.59 | 18.11 | top 80.3% | 219 / 262 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 1:25.97 | — | early days — 1 solve | 149 / 161 | |
| Megaminx | 5:33.74 | — | early days — 2 solves | 110 / 111 |
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
- 29 Nov 2025First sub-30 3×3: 29.80 at Portugal Championship 2025.
- 13 Apr 2024First competition: Azores Cubikon 2024. A 48.37 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Twists & Turns SFRAA 2026 · 28 Mar 2026
- Portugal Championship 2025 · 29 Nov 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Arroios Summer 2025 · 5 Jul 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Cubes 'n Tides in Caparica 2024 · 21 Dec 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Luso-Bussaco Open 2024 · 12 Oct 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Azores Cubikon 2024 · 13 Apr 2024
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.
- Kiary Roque Russo — met in 16 rounds, never finished ahead
- Afonso Carvalho — met in 16 rounds, never finished ahead
- Beatriz Seabra Pinho — met in 15 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-25 3×3 single — 149,621 people have one; it is 4.80 away.
- A sub-8 2×2 single — 126,624 people have one; it is 0.15 away.
Targets move as he improves.