People · United States
Michael Ross
3×3 · top 5.3% of 288,433 all-time · competing since July 2023 · 2023ROSS08
Michael Ross has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.15, set at Vegas Cubing Fall 2026, puts him in the top 5.3% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,985th in the United States. Until May 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 9 competitions since July 2023, he has put 367 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 74% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 14.43 in July 2023 to 9.15, a 37% improvement. Michael has entered nine competitions, more competitions than 91% 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 | 9.15 | 10.70 | top 5.3% | 2,985 / 60,666 | |
| 2×2 | 2.14 | 4.38 | top 5.8% | 2,340 / 41,674 | |
| Pyraminx | 3.71 | 6.57 | top 6.3% | 1,648 / 29,168 | |
| 4×4 | 42.79 | 49.79 | top 15.6% | 2,379 / 19,354 | |
| Square-1 | 16.33 | 20.69 | top 19.4% | 1,328 / 6,846 | |
| Skewb | 6.28 | 9.67 | top 28.1% | 4,627 / 19,164 | |
| 5×5 | 1:32.38 | 1:46.26 | top 29.3% | 2,337 / 9,537 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 24.93 | 27.73 | top 34.1% | 4,558 / 15,900 | |
| Megaminx | 1:55.05 | 2:00.08 | top 43.3% | 3,235 / 8,026 | |
| Clock | 16.13 | 18.85 | top 52.4% | 4,425 / 9,172 | |
| 7×7 | 6:14.95 | 7:16.73 | top 71.1% | 2,224 / 3,236 | |
| 6×6 | 4:33.28 | — | early days — 1 solve | 3,049 / 4,262 |
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
- 1 Mar 2025Three personal bests in one day at Cube Against Cancer DFW 2025.
- 28 Sep 2024First sub-10 3×3: 9.90 at DuPage Fall 2024.
- 28 Sep 2024Five personal bests in one day at DuPage Fall 2024.
- 16 Mar 2024Eight personal bests in one day at DFW Megacomp 2024.
- 14 Oct 2023Three personal bests in one day at Cubing Knights IV 2023.
- 22 Jul 2023First competition: Flag City Summer 2023. A 14.43 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Vegas Cubing Fall 2026 · 26 Sep 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Vegas Cubing Winter 2026 · 28 Feb 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Vegas Cubing Cup Summer 2025 · 9 Aug 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Cube Against Cancer DFW 2025 · 1 Mar 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- DuPage Fall 2024 · 28 Sep 2024 — 5 personal bests set
- Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2024 · 18 Jul 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- DFW Megacomp 2024 · 16 Mar 2024 — 8 personal bests set
- Cubing Knights IV 2023 · 14 Oct 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Flag City Summer 2023 · 22 Jul 2023
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.
- Shane Grogan — met in 38 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Luke Garrett — met in 33 rounds, never finished ahead
- Ryan Pilat — met in 30 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 1.15 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 9,039 people have one; it is 0.14 away.
Targets move as he improves.