People · United States
Michael Saad
3×3 · top 32.6% of 284,439 all-time · competing since April 2015 · 2015SAAD01
Michael Saad has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 17.50, set at Michigan 2017, puts him in the top 32.6% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 18,056th in the United States. Across 8 competitions since April 2015, he has put 78 official solves on the record across three events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one, an early reading from 8 counted rounds. That figure sets aside his 4 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 51.56 in April 2015 to 17.50, a 66% improvement. Michael has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% 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 | 17.50 | 21.73 | top 32.6% | 18,056 / 59,724 | |
| 2×2 | 4.77 | 8.81 | top 36.4% | 14,550 / 40,951 | |
| Pyraminx | 9.42 | 12.97 | top 48.4% | 14,003 / 28,708 |
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
- 7 Jul 2017First sub-20 3×3: 18.59 at CubingUSA Nationals 2017.
- 10 Jul 2015First sub-30 3×3: 28.98 at Michigan 2015.
- 4 Apr 2015First competition: Florida Spring 2015. A 51.56 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Michigan 2017 · 19 Aug 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- CubingUSA Nationals 2017 · 7 Jul 2017 — 1 personal best set
- MVCS Spring 2017 · 18 Mar 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Howland High Spring 2017 · 11 Mar 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- Cubic Catastrophe 2015 · 22 Aug 2015
- Great Lakes Cubing Competition 2015 · 18 Jul 2015 — 1 personal best set
- Michigan 2015 · 10 Jul 2015 — 1 personal best set
- Florida Spring 2015 · 4 Apr 2015
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.
- Blake Thompson — met in 13 rounds, never finished ahead
- Zachary Garber — met in 12 rounds, finished ahead once
- Phillip Lewicki — met in 11 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 2.50 away.
- A sub-4 2×2 single — 49,452 people have one; it is 0.77 away.
Targets move as he improves.