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Michael Szczech

3×3 · top 73.4% of 284,439 all-time · competing since November 2007 · 2007SZCZ01

Michael Szczech has been competing for 19 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 37.11, set at Princeton Open 2008, puts him in the top 73.4% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 44,617th in the United States. Across 3 competitions since November 2007, he has put 33 official solves on the record across four events. His 3×3 best has come down from 49.70 in November 2007 to 37.11, a 25% improvement. Michael has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 73.4% of 284,439 all-time
37.11
signature single · Princeton Open 2008
33
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×337.1145.32
top 73.4%44,617 / 59,724
2×210.0013.17
top 77.9%32,273 / 40,951
4×43:08.07
early days — 3 solves18,653 / 19,072
3×3 one-handed3:47.464:06.58
top 99.8%15,678 / 15,683

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

Pleasantville Fall competition 2007: 49.70Kearny Kardinal competition 2008: 39.19Princeton Open 2008: 37.1137.1149.703 Nov 200722 Mar 2008

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-30 3×3 single — 177,856 people have one; it is 7.11 away.
  • A sub-8 2×2 single — 126,624 people have one; it is 2.00 away.

Targets move as he improves.