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Michael Shannon

3×3 · top 66.2% of 284,439 all-time · competing since November 2010 · 2010SHAN04

Michael Shannon has been competing for 16 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 32.18, set at Jersey Shore Open 2012, puts him in the top 66.2% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 39,766th in the United States. Across 3 competitions since November 2010, he has put 25 official solves on the record across two events. His 3×3 best has come down from 53.33 in November 2010 to 32.18, a 40% improvement. Michael has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 66.2% of 284,439 all-time
32.18
signature single · Jersey Shore Open 2012
25
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×332.1838.88
top 66.2%39,766 / 59,724
2×28.6513.11
top 71.7%29,580 / 40,951

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

Princeton Fall 2010: 53.33Jersey Shore Open 2012: 32.18Monmouth County Open 2013: 32.3032.1853.336 Nov 201012 Jan 2013

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-30 3×3 single — 177,856 people have one; it is 2.18 away.
  • A sub-8 2×2 single — 126,624 people have one; it is 0.65 away.

Targets move as he improves.