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Michael Tripodi

3×3 Multi-Blind · top 0.4% of 4,268 all-time · competing since January 2021 · 2021TRIP01

Michael Tripodi has been competing for 6 years. His best event is the 3×3 Multi-Blind: a personal-best single of 46 of 49 cubes · 56:52, set at Tasmanian Open 2022, puts him in the top 0.4% of the 4,268 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1st in Australia. Across 73 competitions since January 2021, he has put 3,694 official solves on the record across 17 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 64% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 10.59 in January 2021 to 8.69, an 18% improvement. Michael has entered 73 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3 Multi-Blind
best event — top 0.4% of 4,268 all-time
46 of 49 cubes · 56:52
signature single · Tasmanian Open 2022
3,694
official solves on the record
14%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 64% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingAustralia
3×3 Multi-Blind46 of 49 cubes · 56:52—
top 0.4%1 / 180
Pyraminx1.602.79
top 0.55%31 / 5,993
4×4 blindfolded1:22.751:39.39
top 0.6%1 / 96
3×3 blindfolded17.2918.17
top 0.67%6 / 394
Clock3.103.80
top 0.89%12 / 1,095
5×5 blindfolded3:10.284:18.48
top 0.97%1 / 51
2×21.322.39
top 1.4%137 / 8,567
Square-17.6710.15
top 2.6%32 / 899
Skewb2.514.14
top 2.9%104 / 3,534
4×431.8939.26
top 4.1%114 / 3,051
3×38.6910.38
top 4.2%392 / 11,709
3×3 Fewest Moves26 moves32.67
top 6.2%31 / 468
3×3 one-handed14.6020.83
top 7.3%166 / 2,659
Megaminx57.271:06.08
top 8.5%112 / 1,277
5×51:06.761:17.26
top 9.5%129 / 1,356
6×62:05.862:14.68
top 13.6%79 / 641
7×73:19.593:39.68
top 16.1%73 / 523

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

Melbourne Summer 2021: 10.59Solving in Sale 2021: 12.14Altona Algorithms Attempt 2 2021: 10.83December Series: Geelong says So-Long 2021: 12.49Melbourne Summer 2022: 11.00Brilliant Ballarat 2022: 12.41Tasmanian Open 2022: 10.22Solving in Sale 2022: 9.88Wonderful Williamstown 2022: 10.69Victorian Open 2022: 11.69Australian Nationals 2022: 9.51Marrickville Mini Open PM 2022: 10.97South Australian Open 2022: 11.96Melbourne Cube Days 2022: 10.56Rubik's WCA Oceanic Championship 2022: 14.13Melbourne Summer 2023: 11.02Brilliant Ballarat 2023: 9.36Speedcubing at Seaworks 2023: 9.79Solving in Sale 2023: 10.05Chilling in Canberra 2023: 10.26Rubik's WCA World Championship 2023: 11.43Cubing with Penguins by Phillip Island 2023: 10.82Australian Nationals 2023: 10.58Melbourne Cube Days 2023: 12.33Tassie Summer 2024: 10.52Melbourne Summer 2024: 9.77Don't Inverloch Up 2024: 10.35Brilliant Ballarat 2024: 10.53Solving In Sale 2024: 9.49Puzzling Parramatta 2024: 10.97Nimble Newborough 2024: 9.75Melbourne Cube Days 2024: 11.52Melbourne Summer 2025: 10.97Brilliant Ballarat 2025: 10.77Solving in Sale 2025: 8.69Don't Inverloch Up 2025: 11.17Australian Nationals 2025: 12.05Northern Territory Championship 2025: 8.72Nimble Newborough 2025: 9.12Melbourne Cube Days 2025: 10.48Don't Inverloch Up 2026: 11.91Solving in Sale 2026: 10.29Brilliant Ballarat 2026: 10.94Australian Nationals 2026: 11.588.6914.1323 Jan 20219 Jul 2026

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-1 Pyraminx single — 49 people have one; it is 0.60 away.
  • A sub-1:00 4×4 blindfolded single — 1 people have one; it is 22.75 away.

Targets move as he improves.