People · France
Michaël Strauss
3×3 · top 29.3% of 288,433 all-time · competing since January 2024 · 2024STRA01
Michaël Strauss has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 16.44, set at Gif-sûr de PR 2026, puts him in the top 29.3% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,393rd in France. Across 16 competitions since January 2024, he has put 287 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 17% around a typical one; 94% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 26.47 in January 2024 to 16.44, a 38% improvement. He has entered 16 competitions, more competitions than 96% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | France | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 16.44 | 21.40 | top 29.3% | 1,393 / 4,823 | |
| 4×4 | 1:07.97 | 1:16.71 | top 44.9% | 817 / 1,839 | |
| Pyraminx | 9.05 | 14.02 | top 45.3% | 1,055 / 2,185 | |
| 2×2 | 6.66 | 8.67 | top 57.6% | 1,808 / 3,129 | |
| 5×5 | 2:20.53 | 2:33.17 | top 61.4% | 585 / 1,038 | |
| Megaminx | 3:13.09 | — | top 78.7% | 611 / 872 | |
| 7×7 | 7:34.76 | — | top 85.2% | 298 / 381 | |
| 6×6 | 5:24.86 | — | top 86.1% | 375 / 444 |
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
- 23 May 2026Four personal bests in one day at Rueil Open 2026.
- 21 Feb 2026Three personal bests in one day at Chelles Open 2026.
- 3 May 2025First sub-20 3×3: 18.72 at Longjum'Open 2025.
- 1 Mar 2025Three personal bests in one day at Eaubonne Open 2025.
- 11 Jan 2025Four personal bests in one day at Chanteloup Open 2025.
- 27 Jan 2024First competition: Longjum'Open 2024. A 26.47 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Chevry of All Time 2026 · 17 Oct 2026 — 1 personal best set
- L'Open de Meaux 2026 · 12 Sep 2026
- Gif-sûr de PR 2026 · 30 May 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Rueil Open 2026 · 23 May 2026 — 4 personal bests set
- Longjum'Open 2026 · 8 May 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Tigery Open 2026 · 25 Apr 2026
- Nanterre 2 Folie 2026 · 14 Mar 2026
- Chelles Open 2026 · 21 Feb 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Nanterre Open 2025 · 17 May 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Longjum'Open 2025 · 3 May 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Tigery Open 2025 · 22 Mar 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Eaubonne Open 2025 · 1 Mar 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Chanteloup Open 2025 · 11 Jan 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Tigery Open 2024 · 25 May 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Polytechnique Open 2024 · 2 Mar 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Longjum'Open 2024 · 27 Jan 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.
- Anthony Lafourcade — met in 83 rounds, never finished ahead
- Étienne Aubry — met in 75 rounds, never finished ahead
- Michel Ye — met in 68 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-15 3×3 single — 70,740 people have one; it is 1.44 away.
- A sub-1:00 4×4 single — 31,087 people have one; it is 7.97 away.
Targets move as he improves.