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Michael Temple

2×2 · top 12.4% of 186,767 all-time · competing since October 2016 · 2016TEMP03

Michael Temple has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.84, set at Princeton Fall 2016, puts him in the top 12.4% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 4,890th in the United States. Across 3 competitions since October 2016, he has put 61 official solves on the record across six events. His 3×3 best has come down from 15.48 in October 2016 to 13.76, an 11% improvement. Michael has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 12.4% of 186,767 all-time
2.84
signature single · Princeton Fall 2016
61
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
2×22.844.97
top 12.4%4,890 / 40,951
3×313.7615.70
top 20.1%10,824 / 59,724
3×3 one-handed27.0331.86
top 39.4%5,251 / 15,683
Pyraminx8.9111.68
top 44.0%12,634 / 28,708
4×41:12.431:32.51
top 49.2%8,240 / 19,072
5×53:17.86
early days — 2 solves7,685 / 9,401

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

Princeton Fall 2016: 15.48Red Cross Cubing Open 2017: 15.28Big Cube Bash 2017: 13.7613.7615.4822 Oct 201613 May 2017

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-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.84 away.
  • A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 1.76 away.

Targets move as he improves.