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Michael Staub

3×3 · top 45.8% of 284,439 all-time · competing since October 2014 · 2014STAU01

Michael Staub has been competing for 12 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 22.13, set at Swiss Open 2017, puts him in the top 45.8% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 548th in Switzerland. Across 6 competitions since October 2014, he has put 74 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one, an early reading from 5 counted rounds. His 2×2 best has come down from 6.63 in October 2014 to 5.93, an 11% improvement. Michael has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 45.8% of 284,439 all-time
22.13
signature single · Swiss Open 2017
74
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingSwitzerland
3×322.1325.97
top 45.8%548 / 1,197
2×25.936.96
top 50.2%493 / 913
Skewb13.2415.50
top 71.7%295 / 388
4×41:54.162:07.62
top 78.9%372 / 462
3×3 one-handed1:28.57
early days — 1 solve352 / 367

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

SwissScience Open 2014: 6.63World Rubik's Cube Championship 2015: 6.08Musée suisse du jeu 2015: 5.93Würfelä im Drachenäscht 2015: 6.87Swiss Open 2017: 6.355.936.8711 Oct 201421 Jul 2017

Best single per competition, 2×2. 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-20 3×3 single — 113,584 people have one; it is 2.13 away.
  • A sub-5 2×2 single — 73,413 people have one; it is 0.93 away.

Targets move as he improves.