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Michael Song

Skewb · top 2.2% of 73,281 all-time · competing since March 2021 · 2021SONG02

Michael Song has been competing for 5 years. His best event is the Skewb: a personal-best single of 2.30, set at Rubik's WCA Oceanic Championship 2024, puts him in the top 2.2% of the 73,281 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 79th in Australia. Until February 2014, no official Skewb solve in the world had been that fast. Across 20 competitions since March 2021, he has put 524 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 75% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 28.61 in March 2021 to 9.60, a 66% improvement. Michael has entered 20 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.

Skewb
best event — top 2.2% of 73,281 all-time
2.30
signature single · Rubik's WCA Oceanic Championship 2024
524
official solves on the record
14%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 75% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingAustralia
Skewb2.304.54
top 2.2%79 / 3,534
3×39.6013.08
top 6.4%580 / 11,709
Clock7.399.25
top 12.5%147 / 1,095
Pyraminx4.996.99
top 13.1%622 / 5,993
2×23.194.16
top 16.5%1,254 / 8,567
4×445.9453.65
top 19.5%477 / 3,051
Megaminx1:20.731:29.97
top 22.3%269 / 1,277
5×51:25.001:35.23
top 23.3%309 / 1,356
3×3 one-handed22.2224.39
top 26.7%590 / 2,659
Square-130.5746.42
top 50.4%495 / 899
6×63:25.143:32.44
top 52.8%327 / 641
7×75:23.716:13.75
top 57.8%282 / 523

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

Sydney Re-Open Saturday 2021: 28.61Tramsheds Series Saturday 2022: 19.70NSW Open 2022: 17.62Sydney Winter Sunday 2022: 13.24Marrickville Mini Open AM 2022: 13.87Maitland Spring 2022: 13.82Rubik's WCA Oceanic Championship 2022: 13.55Cubing at The Cube Sunday 2023: 10.62North Sydney Cube Day 2023: 11.76Australian Nationals 2023: 12.18Tramsheds I: Newcomer Sunday 2024: 13.42Tramsheds III: August Sunday 2024: 10.78Cubing in Wollondilly 2024: 11.81Sydney Spring Sunday 2024: 9.60Rubik's WCA Oceanic Championship 2024: 11.649.6028.6127 Mar 202119 Dec 2024

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-2 Skewb single — 1,013 people have one; it is 0.30 away.
  • A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.60 away.

Targets move as he improves.