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Michael Stoops

Pyraminx · top 9.0% of 129,321 all-time · competing since September 2022 · 2022STOO01

Michael Stoops has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 4.26, set at Ohio State Spring First-Timers B 2023, puts him in the top 9.0% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,325th in the United States. Until September 2006, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 34 competitions since September 2022, he has put 915 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 56% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 26.29 in September 2022 to 14.45, a 45% improvement. Michael has entered 34 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

Pyraminx
best event — top 9.0% of 129,321 all-time
4.26
signature single · Ohio State Spring First-Timers B 2023
915
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 56% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
Pyraminx4.268.13
top 9.0%2,325 / 28,708
Skewb4.309.29
top 13.0%2,022 / 18,907
Clock8.909.96
top 19.5%1,492 / 8,927
3×314.4518.58
top 22.5%12,188 / 59,724
4×41:00.941:09.53
top 37.5%6,059 / 19,072
2×24.906.96
top 38.1%15,246 / 40,951
Megaminx1:52.542:00.18
top 41.8%3,035 / 7,841
Square-126.3436.22
top 42.1%2,733 / 6,743
3×3 one-handed34.4644.61
top 56.3%7,819 / 15,683
5×52:24.432:36.92
top 63.2%5,466 / 9,401
6×64:03.644:28.32
top 66.7%2,587 / 4,196
3×3 blindfolded5:41.21—
early days — 2 solves1,749 / 2,092
7×77:31.748:36.42
top 84.8%2,691 / 3,184

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

Cubing Peoria 2022: 26.29Rocky Top 2022: 26.34FMC in a Gem City Temple 2023: 26.35Ohio State RPAC Cube Clash 2023: 28.86Cubing in the Clouds 2023: 27.11Miami in an Ohio Oxford 2023: 26.45CubingUSA Southeast Championship 2023: 25.42Ohio State Spring First-Timers B 2023: 22.30The Blantucky Derby 2023: 27.30MoreHead-to-Head 2023: 27.71Central KY Nats Warm-Up 2023: 18.38CubingUSA Nationals 2023: 23.79Mason Cube Challenge 2023: 22.22Going Fast in Franklin 2023: 19.24Cubing by the Kings 2023: 21.51Ohio State Fall 2023: 19.72Cubing in Campbellsville 2023: 20.65Ohio State Winter 2023: 17.81Across the Woods Kentucky A 2023: 18.98Megamania in Louisville 2024: 21.07Solar Eclipse in Sycamore 2024: 21.33Mason Cube Challenge 2024: 18.61Northern Kentucky 2024: 16.91Michigan Championship 2024: 18.94Get Ready Grove City 2024: 18.49CubingUSA Great Lakes Championship 2024: 19.71Northern Kentucky 2025: 17.13Cincinnati Open 2025: 14.4514.4528.8624 Sep 20229 Aug 2025

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-4 Pyraminx single — 9,892 people have one; it is 0.26 away.
  • A sub-4 Skewb single — 7,977 people have one; it is 0.30 away.

Targets move as he improves.