People · Malta
Michael Schembri
3×3 · top 7.8% of 284,439 all-time · competing since November 2024 · 2024SCHE14
Michael Schembri has been competing for a year. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.10, set at Malta End of Summer 2025, puts him in the top 7.8% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 4th in Malta. Until May 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 2 competitions since November 2024, he has put 67 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one, an early reading from 5 counted rounds. Michael has entered two competitions.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Malta | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 10.10 | 11.34 | top 7.8% | 4 / 46 | |
| 2×2 | 2.86 | 3.96 | top 12.7% | 3 / 27 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 19.52 | 24.34 | top 19.2% | 2 / 14 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.33 | 9.56 | top 22.5% | 4 / 18 | |
| Skewb | 6.69 | 10.14 | top 31.2% | 2 / 11 | |
| Megaminx | 2:01.80 | — | early days — 2 solves | 4 / 5 | |
| Square-1 | 31.60 | 40.07 | top 52.5% | 4 / 4 |
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
- 9 Nov 2024First competition: Malta Open 2024. A 10.54 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Malta End of Summer 2025 · 20 Sep 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Malta Open 2024 · 9 Nov 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.
- Bianca Spiteri — met in 14 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Benjamin Chetcuti Cauchi — met in 14 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Chiara Marcucci — met in 13 rounds, finished ahead 9 times
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.10 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.86 away.
Targets move as he improves.