People · United States
Michael Smith
3×3 · top 29.0% of 288,433 all-time · competing since December 2024 · 2024SMIT76
Michael Smith has been competing for a year. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 16.34, set at Wisconsin on Ice 2026, puts him in the top 29.0% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 16,159th in the United States. Across 9 competitions since December 2024, he has put 105 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one; 91% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 37.86 in December 2024 to 16.34, a 57% improvement. Michael has entered nine competitions, more competitions than 91% 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 | 16.34 | 20.14 | top 29.0% | 16,159 / 60,666 | |
| 2×2 | 6.26 | 8.33 | top 53.6% | 22,258 / 41,674 | |
| 4×4 | 1:25.86 | — | top 60.6% | 10,678 / 19,354 | |
| Pyraminx | 21.85 | 28.01 | top 94.8% | 28,123 / 29,168 |
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
- 6 Apr 2025First sub-20 3×3: 19.47 at Midwest Cubing Classic 2025.
- 25 Jan 2025First sub-30 3×3: 24.73 at Unorthodox Blocks Wisconsin 2025.
- 7 Dec 2024First competition: 4x4 by Four Madison Lakes 2024. A 37.86 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Wisconsin on Ice 2026 · 24 Jan 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Pyraminx in Pewaukee 2025 · 8 Nov 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- CubingUSA Heartland Championship 2025 · 22 Aug 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Northern Kentucky 2025 · 3 May 2025
- Midwest Cubing Classic 2025 · 6 Apr 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Solve La Crosse 2025 · 8 Mar 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Skewb on the Madison Snow 2025 · 15 Feb 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Unorthodox Blocks Wisconsin 2025 · 25 Jan 2025 — 1 personal best set
- 4x4 by Four Madison Lakes 2024 · 7 Dec 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.
- Philip Smith — met in 22 rounds, finished ahead 8 times
- Lucas Lippman-Bruno — met in 20 rounds, finished ahead once
- Brian Johnson — met in 20 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-15 3×3 single — 70,740 people have one; it is 1.34 away.
- A sub-6 2×2 single — 96,384 people have one; it is 0.26 away.
Targets move as he improves.