People · Australia
Michael Taran
4×4 · top 19.4% of 83,917 all-time · competing since February 2011 · 2011TARA01
Michael Taran has been competing for 16 years. His best event is the 4×4: a personal-best single of 45.88, set at WA Open 2022, puts him in the top 19.4% of the 83,917 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 472nd in Australia. Across 21 competitions since February 2011, he has put 351 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 84% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 19.15 in February 2011 to 15.16, a 21% improvement. Michael has entered 21 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Australia | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4×4 | 45.88 | 53.97 | top 19.4% | 472 / 3,051 | |
| 3×3 | 15.16 | 17.83 | top 25.0% | 2,292 / 11,709 | |
| Pyraminx | 8.27 | 14.35 | top 38.5% | 2,069 / 5,993 | |
| 2×2 | 5.21 | 6.87 | top 41.9% | 3,294 / 8,567 | |
| 5×5 | 2:18.46 | 2:55.61 | top 60.2% | 833 / 1,356 | |
| 6×6 | 4:13.50 | 4:42.27 | top 69.8% | 429 / 641 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 56.83 | 1:02.02 | top 82.0% | 2,067 / 2,659 | |
| 7×7 | 7:38.39 | — | early days — 1 solve | 428 / 523 | |
| Square-1 | 1:07.66 | — | early days — 2 solves | 813 / 899 |
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
- 10 Dec 2011Five personal bests in one day at Perth Puzzle Championship 2011.
- 6 Feb 2011First competition: Perth Summer Open 2011. A 19.15 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Albany Summer Solving 2025 · 25 Jan 2025
- Rubik's WCA Oceanic Championship 2024 · 19 Dec 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Going Fast in Guildford 2024 · 13 Apr 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Cubing by Quinns Beach 2023 · 16 Dec 2023
- Speedy South Perth 2023 · 19 Nov 2023
- Quintilian Cube-Off 2023 · 17 Jun 2023
- Albany Summer Solving 2023 · 28 Jan 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Cool Down with the Cows 2022 · 8 Oct 2022
- Australian Nationals 2022 · 30 Sep 2022
- WA Open 2022 · 25 Jun 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Albany Summer Solving 2022 · 5 Feb 2022
- WA State Championship 2021 · 17 Jul 2021 — 2 personal bests set
- WCA World Championship 2019 · 11 Jul 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Perth Puzzle Party 2019 · 12 Jan 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Perth Autumn 2018 · 7 Apr 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Perth Summer 2017 · 22 Jan 2017
- Perth Winter 2016 · 24 Jul 2016 — 1 personal best set
- Perth Summer 2016 · 31 Jan 2016 — 1 personal best set
- Perth Winter 2015 · 18 Jul 2015 — 1 personal best set
- Perth Puzzle Championship 2011 · 10 Dec 2011 — 5 personal bests set
- Perth Summer Open 2011 · 6 Feb 2011
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.
- Jonathan Charlesworth — met in 49 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
- Tyler Williams — met in 46 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Charlie van Ooran — met in 44 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-40 4×4 single — 10,180 people have one; it is 5.88 away.
- A sub-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 0.16 away.
Targets move as he improves.