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Michael Vass

3×3 · top 8.9% of 284,439 all-time · competing since May 2016 · 2016VASS02

Michael Vass has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.47, set at Solved Central Alberta 2023, puts him in the top 8.9% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 818th in Canada. Until February 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 33 competitions since May 2016, he has put 1,058 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 50% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 15.04 in May 2016 to 10.47, a 30% improvement. Michael has entered 33 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 8.9% of 284,439 all-time
10.47
signature single · Solved Central Alberta 2023
1,058
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 50% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingCanada
3×310.4713.23
top 8.9%818 / 10,392
2×22.664.32
top 10.5%690 / 7,173
Skewb4.026.15
top 11.0%229 / 2,907
Pyraminx5.147.24
top 14.1%553 / 4,858
4×445.6452.34
top 19.1%489 / 3,118
3×3 one-handed20.9426.03
top 23.1%497 / 2,620
5×51:26.791:40.79
top 24.7%296 / 1,499
6×62:32.762:41.53
top 27.0%136 / 665
Megaminx1:31.811:46.52
top 29.4%292 / 1,375
7×73:57.764:06.80
top 29.8%123 / 503
Clock14.2018.35
top 44.7%395 / 1,029
Square-128.7739.25
top 47.1%408 / 952

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

Calgary Open Spring 2016: 15.04Calgary Limited Fall 2016: 14.84Canadian Open 2017: 18.91Sherwood Park Open Summer 2017: 17.00Foothills Fall 2017: 13.83Vancouver Open Winter 2018: 15.66Battle for Foothills Limited 2018: 15.69Foothills Fright 2018: 13.483x3 Only Calgary 2019: 13.16Foothills Final Fight 2019: 12.87Strathcona 2019: 12.78Solved Central Alberta 2019: 10.84Winnipeg Open 2019: 15.40Alberta 5th Anniversary 2020: 12.08Dalhousie Leap Year 2020: 13.58Richmond Open A 2021: 11.24Rockies Rager Fall 2022: 12.39Welcome Back Calgary 2023: 12.37Solved Central Alberta 2023: 10.47Calgary Summer Classic 2023: 14.21Odd Day in Sylvan 2023: 12.81Foothills NxNs 2023: 12.63Saskatchewan Big Cubes 2024: 11.58Cubing Among the Drumheller Dinosaurs 2024: 11.50Airdrie NxNs 2024: 14.53Canadian Prairie Championship 2024: 12.30Calgary Summer A 2025: 12.61Solved Central Alberta 2025: 12.33Calgary Spring 2026: 12.6010.4718.9128 May 20167 Mar 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.

  • Griffin Clem — met in 150 rounds, finished ahead 52 times
  • Alex Mutch — met in 149 rounds, finished ahead 24 times
  • James Deibert — met in 149 rounds, finished ahead 16 times

Next targets

  • A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.47 away.
  • A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.66 away.

Targets move as he improves.