People · United States
Michael Vanner
2×2 · top 0.98% of 186,767 all-time · competing since April 2018 · 2018VANN02
Michael Vanner has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.18, set at Boulder Holiday Bash 2025, puts him in the top 0.98% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 410th in the United States. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 35 competitions since April 2018, he has put 1,435 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 52% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 20.08 in April 2018 to 7.22, a 64% improvement. Michael has entered 35 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 1.18 | 2.75 | top 0.98% | 410 / 40,951 | |
| 3×3 | 7.22 | 9.14 | top 1.6% | 969 / 59,724 | |
| Square-1 | 9.37 | 11.50 | top 5.0% | 367 / 6,743 | |
| Skewb | 3.27 | 4.72 | top 6.4% | 993 / 18,907 | |
| 4×4 | 37.08 | 41.35 | top 8.8% | 1,315 / 19,072 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.24 | 6.74 | top 8.9% | 2,289 / 28,708 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 16.75 | 25.33 | top 12.0% | 1,558 / 15,683 | |
| Clock | 7.57 | 8.99 | top 13.2% | 1,010 / 8,927 | |
| 5×5 | 1:13.64 | 1:18.45 | top 14.3% | 1,097 / 9,401 | |
| 6×6 | 2:38.30 | 2:47.44 | top 29.9% | 1,055 / 4,196 | |
| 7×7 | 4:01.43 | 4:28.93 | top 31.2% | 871 / 3,184 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 2:27.95 | — | early days — 2 solves | 903 / 2,092 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 42 moves | — | early days — 3 solves | 1,178 / 2,040 |
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
- 17 Jan 2026Four personal bests in one day at Two Buffalo Cube Days 2026.
- 12 Oct 2025Four personal bests in one day at New York Championship 2025.
- 26 Jul 2025Four personal bests in one day at Fredonia Finals 2025.
- 19 May 2023Six personal bests in one day at Salt Lake Utah Summer 2023.
- 29 Apr 2023Five personal bests in one day at Colorado Waffle Jostle 2023.
- 25 Feb 2023Three personal bests in one day at Happy Crew Cubing CO 2023.
Competitions
- Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2026 · 2 Jul 2026 — 1 personal best set
- ROC the Cube NY 2026 · 30 May 2026
- Cube Against Cancer Dunkirk 2026 · 2 May 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Hemlock Lake 2026 · 26 Apr 2026 — 1 personal best set
- RIT Tiger Twist 2026 · 4 Apr 2026
- Dockin and Clockin Dunkirk 2026 · 28 Mar 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Medina Mayhem 2026 · 28 Feb 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Two Buffalo Cube Days 2026 · 17 Jan 2026 — 4 personal bests set
- Fingertricks in Fredonia 2025 · 1 Nov 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- New York Championship 2025 · 12 Oct 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Clocktober Classic NY 2025 · 11 Oct 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Fredonia Finals 2025 · 26 Jul 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- St. Bonaventure 2025 · 28 Jun 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Happy Crew CO 2025 · 29 Mar 2025
- Winter Warmup CO 2025 · 11 Jan 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Boulder Holiday Bash 2025 · 4 Jan 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Golden Touch 2024 · 5 Oct 2024
- Back to School Colorado 2024 · 24 Aug 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Colorado Mountain Tour - Frisco 2024 · 9 Jun 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Oredigger Open 2024 · 17 Feb 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Barely Awake Boulder 2024 · 27 Jan 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- CubingUSA Rocky Mountain Championship 2023 · 3 Nov 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Rocky Mountain Warm-Up 2023 · 28 Oct 2023
- Colorado Pastacomp 2023 · 7 Oct 2023
- Don't Fall Off Pikes Peak 2023 · 15 Jul 2023
- Don't Blow Away Casper 2023 · 3 Jun 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Salt Lake Utah Summer 2023 · 19 May 2023 — 6 personal bests set
- Colorado Waffle Jostle 2023 · 29 Apr 2023 — 5 personal bests set
- Happy Crew Cubing CO 2023 · 25 Feb 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- CubingUSA Great Lakes Championship 2022 · 19 Aug 2022 — 4 personal bests set
- Cubing for Charity Colorado 2022 · 16 Jul 2022 — 4 personal bests set
- Ken-Ton Cubing 2019 · 12 Oct 2019
- Upstate Cubing 2019 · 13 Apr 2019 — 6 personal bests set
- Oakville Limited Fall 2018 · 29 Sep 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Oakville Limited Spring 2018 · 28 Apr 2018
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.
- Stone Amsbaugh — met in 126 rounds, finished ahead 71 times
- Evan Wilson — met in 121 rounds, finished ahead 71 times
- Kian Cline — met in 117 rounds, finished ahead 58 times
Next targets
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.18 away.
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.22 away.
Targets move as he improves.