People · United States
Michael Randers-Pehrson
3×3 · top 58.5% of 284,439 all-time · competing since March 2019 · 2019RAND02
Michael Randers-Pehrson has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 27.82, set at UMBC Spring 2025, puts him in the top 58.5% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 34,644th in the United States. Across 23 competitions since March 2019, he has put 212 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 72% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 1:08.74 in March 2019 to 27.82, a 60% improvement. Michael has entered 23 competitions, more competitions than 97% 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 | 27.82 | 35.31 | top 58.5% | 34,644 / 59,724 | |
| 4×4 | 1:24.30 | 1:33.98 | top 59.3% | 10,276 / 19,072 | |
| 2×2 | 7.84 | 14.01 | top 66.8% | 27,583 / 40,951 | |
| 5×5 | 3:10.71 | — | top 81.4% | 7,440 / 9,401 |
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
- 10 May 2025First sub-30 3×3: 27.82 at UMBC Spring 2025.
- 13 Apr 2019First sub-60 3×3: 57.11 at MLWGS Spring 2019.
- 30 Mar 2019First competition: ODU Big Blue Spring 2019. A 1:08.74 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Mid-Atlantic Speedcubing Championship 2026 · 14 Aug 2026
- UMBC Spring 2025 · 10 May 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Virginia Always Open Spring 2025 · 6 Apr 2025
- CubingUSA Mid-Atlantic Championship 2024 · 12 Oct 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- UMBC Fall 2024 · 21 Sep 2024
- Cubing at Carson 2024 · 4 May 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Virginia Still-Open Winter 2024 · 4 Feb 2024
- TJHSST Spring 2023 · 6 May 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Buckeye Big Cubes 2023 · 30 Apr 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Slow N Steady Spring 2023 · 15 Apr 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Virginia Beach Spring 2023 · 11 Mar 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Sleepless in Seattle 2023 · 18 Feb 2023 — 1 personal best set
- West Chester Fall 2022 · 10 Dec 2022
- Happy Valley Fall 2022 · 3 Dec 2022
- River Hill Fall 2022 · 19 Nov 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Think In Fink Fall 2022 · 1 Oct 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Norwegian Championship 2022 · 22 Jul 2022
- TJHSST Fall 2019 · 9 Nov 2019
- Solving Hunger Virginia 2019 · 12 Oct 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Slow N Steady Summer 2019 · 14 Sep 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Richmond Spring 2019 · 15 Jun 2019 — 1 personal best set
- MLWGS Spring 2019 · 13 Apr 2019 — 1 personal best set
- ODU Big Blue Spring 2019 · 30 Mar 2019
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.
- Ari Randers-Pehrson — met in 53 rounds, never finished ahead
- Bobby Mapp — met in 34 rounds, finished ahead once
- Hassan Khanani — met in 34 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-25 3×3 single — 149,621 people have one; it is 2.82 away.
- A sub-1:00 4×4 single — 30,601 people have one; it is 24.30 away.
Targets move as he improves.