People · Canada
Michael Wu
3×3 · top 10.6% of 284,439 all-time · competing since December 2015 · 2015WUMI01
Michael Wu has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 11.05, set at New York City Summer 2016, puts him in the top 10.6% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 988th in Canada. Across 7 competitions since December 2015, he has put 132 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 92% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 15.16 in December 2015 to 11.05, a 27% improvement. Michael has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 11.05 | 12.38 | top 10.6% | 988 / 10,392 | |
| 2×2 | 4.55 | 5.80 | top 33.6% | 2,308 / 7,173 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 28.55 | 35.53 | top 43.3% | 978 / 2,620 | |
| Pyraminx | 9.00 | 13.78 | top 44.8% | 2,100 / 4,858 | |
| 4×4 | 1:26.99 | — | top 61.4% | 1,741 / 3,118 | |
| Skewb | 16.91 | — | early days — 2 solves | 2,465 / 2,907 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 9:10.79 | — | early days — 1 solve | 338 / 351 |
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 Sep 2016First sub-15 3×3: 11.29 at New York City Summer 2016.
- 10 Sep 2016Three personal bests in one day at New York City Summer 2016.
- 19 Dec 2015First competition: Liberty Science 2015. A 15.16 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Ridge Cubing Fall 2019 · 14 Sep 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Rutgers Spring 2018 · 31 Mar 2018
- Big Cube Bash 2017 · 13 May 2017
- New York City Summer 2016 · 10 Sep 2016 — 3 personal bests set
- Big Apple Cube Clash 2016 · 27 Feb 2016 — 2 personal bests set
- Princeton Winter 2016 · 6 Feb 2016 — 2 personal bests set
- Liberty Science 2015 · 19 Dec 2015
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.
- Livia Kleiner — met in 27 rounds, finished ahead once
- Ernie Pulchny — met in 26 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Chris Chi — met in 25 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 1.05 away.
- A sub-4 2×2 single — 49,452 people have one; it is 0.55 away.
Targets move as he improves.