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Michael Spainhour

3×3 · top 30.7% of 284,439 all-time · competing since March 2024 · 2024SPAI02

Michael Spainhour has been competing for 2 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 16.91, set at San Diego Newcomers 2024, puts him in the top 30.7% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 16,930th in the United States. Across 2 competitions since March 2024, he has put 40 official solves on the record across six events. Michael has entered two competitions.

3×3
best event — top 30.7% of 284,439 all-time
16.91
signature single · San Diego Newcomers 2024
40
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×316.9121.40
top 30.7%16,930 / 59,724
Pyraminx9.4310.55
top 48.4%14,030 / 28,708
2×25.978.00
top 50.6%20,562 / 40,951
Skewb11.7216.27
top 64.6%12,006 / 18,907
4×42:04.83
early days — 2 solves15,726 / 19,072
Megaminx4:58.72
early days — 1 solve7,692 / 7,841

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

San Diego Newcomers 2024: 16.91Nub Open Yucaipa 2024: 17.8016.9117.8016 Mar 202420 Apr 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-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 1.91 away.
  • A sub-8 Pyraminx single — 46,752 people have one; it is 1.43 away.

Targets move as he improves.