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Michael Rose

3×3 · top 9.9% of 284,439 all-time · competing since May 2011 · 2011ROSE03

Michael Rose has been competing for 15 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.81, set at Oakville Fall A 2022, puts him in the top 9.9% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 907th in Canada. Until August 2006, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 59 competitions since May 2011, he has put 1,345 official solves on the record across 14 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 10% around a typical one, steadier than 98% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 24.47 in May 2011 to 10.81, a 56% improvement. Michael has entered 59 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 9.9% of 284,439 all-time
10.81
signature single · Oakville Fall A 2022
1,345
official solves on the record
10%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 98% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingCanada
3×310.8112.51
top 9.9%907 / 10,392
5×51:12.561:20.11
top 13.5%157 / 1,499
2×23.215.56
top 16.7%1,122 / 7,173
4×444.9350.29
top 18.2%465 / 3,118
7×73:45.114:10.09
top 25.3%105 / 503
Megaminx1:25.921:33.39
top 25.5%230 / 1,375
6×62:32.972:42.26
top 27.1%138 / 665
Pyraminx7.3813.09
top 31.0%1,374 / 4,858
3×3 one-handed24.4932.21
top 32.8%734 / 2,620
3×3 Fewest Moves43 moves—
early days — 1 solve170 / 283
3×3 blindfolded4:19.44—
early days — 2 solves254 / 351
Square-11:11.11—
early days — 2 solves849 / 952
Clock45.661:00.38
top 95.7%978 / 1,029
Skewb27.8759.85
top 96.3%2,842 / 2,907

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

University of Guelph Open Spring 2011: 24.47canadianCUBING CUBEcentric 2011: 22.30Toronto Open Summer 2011: 20.65Canadian Open 2011: 17.44Toronto Open Winter 2012: 14.55Toronto Spring 2012: 14.15Toronto Summer 2012: 15.15Waterloo Open Fall 2012: 13.40Toronto Open Winter 2013: 15.30Canadian Open 2013: 14.50Battle of Waterloo 2013: 15.50Toronto Open Spring 2014: 17.69Battle of Waterloo 2014: 16.06Toronto Open Fall 2014: 18.57Canadian Open 2015: 15.32Toronto Open Fall 2015: 14.64Toronto Limited Spring 2016: 13.05Toronto Limited Summer 2016: 15.41Berkeley Summer 2016: 13.63Berkeley Fall 2016: 15.45Battle of Waterloo 2017: 14.76Pickering 2017: 13.88Oakville Limited Fall 2017: 14.32Oakville Limited Winter 2018: 14.53Pickering Spring 2018: 15.45Oakville Limited Spring 2018: 13.13Battle of Waterloo 2018: 14.64Oakville Limited Fall 2018: 12.66Ajax Winter 2019: 12.96Return to Toronto 2019: 14.58Canadian Championship 2019: 14.01Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2022: 13.92Ajax NxNxN 2022: 13.69UBC Odd Weekend 2022: 12.14Oakville Fall A 2022: 10.81Appleby Winter B 2023: 12.81Waterloo Favourites B 2023: 12.23Pickering A 2023: 13.96Markham 3x3x3 Afternoon 2023: 12.79Southern Ontario Summer - Oshawa 2023: 12.88CubingUSA Nationals 2023: 13.39Appleby Summer B 2023: 12.61Ajax 3x3x3 Afternoon 2023: 11.64Appleby Fall A 2023: 12.97Pickering Favourites Fall 2023: 12.01Pickering Fall A 2023: 12.15Scarborough Fall A 2023: 10.89Pickering Favourites Autumn 2023: 12.30Canada's Best in the West 2024: 13.61Thornhill Spring 2024: 11.74Appleby Summer 2024: 12.19Pickering Mini Afternoon 2024: 11.67Pickering Favourites Autumn 2024: 14.58Pickering NxNxN Summer 2025: 13.9010.8124.477 May 201121 Jun 2025

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-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.81 away.
  • A sub-1:00 5×5 single — 2,252 people have one; it is 12.56 away.

Targets move as he improves.