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Michael Stephen Cotter
Pyraminx · top 25.0% of 129,321 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 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 6,829th in the United States. Across 8 competitions since May 2024, he has put 101 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one, an early reading from 8 counted rounds. His 2×2 best has come down from 14.22 in May 2024 to 5.16, a 64% improvement. Michael has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% 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% | 6,829 / 28,708 | |
| 2×2 | 5.16 | 8.10 | top 41.3% | 16,613 / 40,951 | |
| 3×3 | 24.35 | 28.58 | top 51.2% | 29,884 / 59,724 | |
| Clock | 49.99 | — | early days — 1 solve | 8,710 / 8,927 |
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, 2×2. 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 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 22 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Lukas Gubista — met in 22 rounds, finished ahead once
- Jaden Thompson — met in 22 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-6 Pyraminx single — 25,870 people have one; it is 0.65 away.
- A sub-5 2×2 single — 73,413 people have one; it is 0.16 away.
Targets move as he improves.