People · United States
Michael Stephen Cotter
Pyraminx · top 25.0% of 130,891 all-time · competing since May 2024 · 2024COTT07
Michael Stephen Cotter has been competing for 2 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 6.65, set at Vegas Cubing Cup Summer 2025, puts him in the top 25.0% of the 130,891 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 6,938th in the United States. Across 9 competitions since May 2024, he has put 121 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 18% around a typical one; 97% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 46.30 in May 2024 to 20.74, a 55% 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 6.65 | 10.39 | top 25.0% | 6,938 / 29,168 | |
| 2×2 | 5.16 | 8.10 | top 41.4% | 16,902 / 41,674 | |
| 3×3 | 20.74 | 28.58 | top 42.1% | 24,422 / 60,666 | |
| Clock | 49.99 | — | early days — 1 solve | 8,948 / 9,172 |
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
- 8 Nov 2025First sub-30 3×3: 27.24 at Vegas Cubing Cup Fall 2025.
- 9 Aug 2025Three personal bests in one day at Vegas Cubing Cup Summer 2025.
- 25 May 2024First competition: Vegas Cubing Cup Spring 2024. A 46.30 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Vegas Cubing Fall 2026 · 26 Sep 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Vegas Cubing Winter 2026 · 28 Feb 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Vegas Cubing Cup Fall 2025 · 8 Nov 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Vegas Cubing Cup Summer 2025 · 9 Aug 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Vegas Cubing Cup Spring 2025 · 3 May 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Vegas Cubing Cup Winter 2025 · 8 Feb 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Vegas Cubing Cup Fall 2024 · 2 Nov 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Vegas Cubing Cup Summer 2024 · 24 Aug 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Vegas Cubing Cup Spring 2024 · 25 May 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.
- Cy Hamilton — met in 26 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Lukas Gubista — met in 26 rounds, finished ahead once
- Samuel Martin — met in 26 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-6 Pyraminx single — 26,233 people have one; it is 0.65 away.
- A sub-5 2×2 single — 74,472 people have one; it is 0.16 away.
Targets move as he improves.