People · United States
Michael Yoo Fatemi
3×3 · top 1.3% of 284,439 all-time · competing since April 2013 · 2013FATE01
Michael Yoo Fatemi has been competing for 13 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.02, set at Northern Neck Winter 2018, puts him in the top 1.3% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 826th in the United States. Until November 2010, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 49 competitions since April 2013, he has put 1,150 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 51% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 23.59 in April 2013 to 7.02, a 70% improvement. Michael has entered 49 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 7.02 | 9.51 | top 1.3% | 826 / 59,724 | |
| 2×2 | 2.57 | 4.24 | top 9.6% | 3,790 / 40,951 | |
| Skewb | 3.93 | 6.58 | top 10.4% | 1,601 / 18,907 | |
| 4×4 | 38.76 | 43.19 | top 10.6% | 1,574 / 19,072 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.42 | 8.66 | top 15.9% | 4,201 / 28,708 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 19.77 | 25.05 | top 19.9% | 2,559 / 15,683 | |
| 5×5 | 1:31.24 | 1:42.80 | top 28.3% | 2,223 / 9,401 | |
| Square-1 | 30.73 | 50.83 | top 50.7% | 3,321 / 6,743 | |
| Clock | 18.66 | 24.58 | top 60.7% | 5,121 / 8,927 |
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
- 16 Feb 2019Three personal bests in one day at CubingUSA Northeast Championship 2019.
- 21 Jul 2018Three personal bests in one day at Fredericksburg Summer Open 2018.
- 13 Jan 2018Three personal bests in one day at Northern Neck Winter 2018.
- 11 Nov 2017Four personal bests in one day at TJHSST Fall 2017.
- 26 Sep 2015First sub-10 3×3: 9.74 at Slow n Steady Fall 2015.
- 7 Mar 2015Three personal bests in one day at River Hill Winter 2015.
Competitions
- Slow N Steady Spring 2022 · 2 Apr 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Slow N Steady Fall 2021 · 20 Nov 2021
- Potomac Speedcubing 2020 · 11 Jan 2020
- TJHSST Fall 2019 · 9 Nov 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Slow N Steady Summer 2019 · 14 Sep 2019
- CubingUSA Nationals 2019 · 1 Aug 2019
- Virginia Qualifier 2019 · 27 Apr 2019 — 1 personal best set
- CubingUSA Northeast Championship 2019 · 16 Feb 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Northern Neck Winter 2019 · 5 Jan 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Slow N Steady Summer 2018 · 2 Sep 2018 — 1 personal best set
- CubingUSA Nationals 2018 · 27 Jul 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Fredericksburg Summer Open 2018 · 21 Jul 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- Rally In The Valley 2018 · 16 Jun 2018
- River Hill Spring 2018 · 7 Apr 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Slow N Steady Winter 2018 · 17 Feb 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Northern Neck Winter 2018 · 13 Jan 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- TJHSST Fall 2017 · 11 Nov 2017 — 4 personal bests set
- Maryland 2017 · 7 Oct 2017
- Rally In The Valley 2017 · 2 Sep 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Severna Park Summer 2017 · 5 Aug 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Slow N Steady Summer 2017 · 1 Jul 2017 — 1 personal best set
- EZ Cubes Spring 2017 · 27 May 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- Virginia Open Winter 2017 · 18 Feb 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Rockville Winter 2017 · 14 Jan 2017 — 1 personal best set
- TJHSST Fall 2016 · 19 Nov 2016
- Slow N Steady Fall 2016 · 24 Sep 2016 — 1 personal best set
- Discovery Place 2016 · 13 Aug 2016
- Slow N Steady Spring 2016 · 18 Jun 2016 — 2 personal bests set
- Severna Park Spring 2016 · 30 Apr 2016 — 2 personal bests set
- ODU Big Blue Spring 2016 · 23 Apr 2016 — 1 personal best set
- Virginia Open Spring 2016 · 2 Apr 2016
- Slow N Steady Winter 2016 · 30 Jan 2016 — 2 personal bests set
- River Hill Fall 2015 · 21 Nov 2015 — 1 personal best set
- Virginia Open Fall 2015 · 14 Nov 2015 — 2 personal bests set
- ODU Big Blue Open 2015 · 24 Oct 2015 — 1 personal best set
- Slow n Steady Fall 2015 · 26 Sep 2015 — 1 personal best set
- Slow n Steady Spring 2015 · 6 Jun 2015 — 1 personal best set
- Chesapeake Science Point Spring 2015 · 9 May 2015 — 1 personal best set
- Virginia Open Spring 2015 · 11 Apr 2015 — 2 personal bests set
- Johns Hopkins Winter 2015 · 28 Mar 2015 — 2 personal bests set
- River Hill Winter 2015 · 7 Mar 2015 — 3 personal bests set
- Slow n Steady Fall 2014 · 9 Nov 2014 — 1 personal best set
- Virginia Open Fall 2014 · 18 Oct 2014 — 3 personal bests set
- River Hill Summer 2014 · 6 Sep 2014 — 1 personal best set
- US Nationals 2014 · 1 Aug 2014 — 2 personal bests set
- Virginia Open Spring 2014 · 29 Mar 2014 — 1 personal best set
- River Hill Winter 2014 · 8 Feb 2014 — 1 personal best set
- Chesapeake Science Point Fall 2013 · 12 Oct 2013 — 1 personal best set
- Chesapeake Science Point Spring 2013 · 13 Apr 2013
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.
- Corey Sakowski — met in 218 rounds, finished ahead 71 times
- Will Callan — met in 217 rounds, finished ahead 23 times
- Keaton Ellis — met in 193 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.02 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.57 away.
Targets move as he improves.