People · Canada
Michael Shao
2×2 · top 12.4% of 186,767 all-time · competing since March 2009 · 2009SHAO02
Michael Shao has been competing for 18 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.84, set at Toronto Open Summer 2010, puts him in the top 12.4% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 826th in Canada. Across 11 competitions since March 2009, he has put 213 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 51% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 one-handed best has come down from 1:09.91 in March 2009 to 25.35, a 64% improvement. Michael has entered eleven competitions, more competitions than 93% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 2.84 | 7.20 | top 12.4% | 826 / 7,173 | |
| Pyraminx | 7.66 | 19.95 | top 33.4% | 1,485 / 4,858 | |
| 3×3 | 18.13 | 22.64 | top 34.5% | 3,389 / 10,392 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 25.35 | 44.92 | top 35.1% | 773 / 2,620 | |
| 4×4 | 1:57.55 | — | top 80.6% | 2,427 / 3,118 | |
| 5×5 | 5:01.38 | — | top 97.0% | 1,428 / 1,499 |
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 one-handed. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 29 Sep 2013First sub-20 3×3: 18.13 at Battle of Waterloo 2013.
- 5 Mar 2011Three personal bests in one day at Toronto Open Winter 2011.
- 14 Aug 2010Four personal bests in one day at Toronto Open Summer 2010.
- 27 Mar 2010Three personal bests in one day at Toronto Open Spring 2010.
- 30 Jan 2010Three personal bests in one day at Toronto Open Winter 2010.
- 19 Sep 2009Four personal bests in one day at Canadian Open 2009.
Competitions
- Canadian Open 2015 · 6 Jun 2015 — 1 personal best set
- Battle of Waterloo 2013 · 29 Sep 2013 — 1 personal best set
- Toronto Open Winter 2011 · 5 Mar 2011 — 3 personal bests set
- Toronto Open Fall 2010 · 27 Nov 2010 — 1 personal best set
- Toronto Open Summer 2010 · 14 Aug 2010 — 4 personal bests set
- canadianCUBING CUBEcentric 2010 · 15 May 2010 — 2 personal bests set
- Toronto Open Spring 2010 · 27 Mar 2010 — 3 personal bests set
- Toronto Open Winter 2010 · 30 Jan 2010 — 3 personal bests set
- Canadian Open 2009 · 19 Sep 2009 — 4 personal bests set
- Toronto Open Summer 2009 · 27 Jun 2009 — 3 personal bests set
- Toronto Open Winter 2009 · 7 Mar 2009
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.
- Emile Compion — met in 44 rounds, never finished ahead
- Callum Moseley — met in 43 rounds, finished ahead 27 times
- Eric Limeback — met in 43 rounds, finished ahead twice
Next targets
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.84 away.
- A sub-6 Pyraminx single — 25,870 people have one; it is 1.66 away.
Targets move as he improves.