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Michael Smith

3×3 · top 32.4% of 284,439 all-time · competing since August 2014 · 2014SMIT05

Michael Smith has been competing for 12 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 17.43, set at Australian Nationals 2017, puts him in the top 32.4% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3,054th in Australia. Across 3 competitions since August 2014, he has put 35 official solves on the record across three events. His 3×3 best has come down from 35.81 in August 2014 to 17.43, a 51% improvement. Michael has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 32.4% of 284,439 all-time
17.43
signature single · Australian Nationals 2017
35
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingAustralia
3×317.4325.62
top 32.4%3,054 / 11,709
2×24.8511.34
top 37.4%2,944 / 8,567
Pyraminx9.4612.17
top 48.7%2,735 / 5,993

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

Australian Nationals 2014: 35.81Sydney Winter 2017: 41.30Australian Nationals 2017: 17.4317.4341.3016 Aug 201423 Sep 2017

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-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 2.43 away.
  • A sub-4 2×2 single — 49,452 people have one; it is 0.85 away.

Targets move as he improves.