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Michael Young

2×2 · top 1.0% of 186,767 all-time · competing since April 2008 · 2008YOUN02

Michael Young has been competing for 18 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.20, set at CETis 156 Broncos 2025, puts him in the top 1.0% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 434th in the United States. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 216 competitions since April 2008, he has put 7,675 official solves on the record across 17 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 75% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 18.25 in April 2008 to 7.71, a 58% improvement. Michael has entered 216 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 1.0% of 186,767 all-time
1.20
signature single · CETis 156 Broncos 2025
7,675
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 75% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
2×21.202.62
top 1.0%434 / 40,951
Square-16.399.24
top 1.1%86 / 6,743
Pyraminx2.406.16
top 1.9%513 / 28,708
3×3 Fewest Moves22 moves26.33
top 2.2%57 / 2,040
3×37.7110.07
top 2.3%1,345 / 59,724
3×3 one-handed11.4614.87
top 2.3%380 / 15,683
Skewb2.746.09
top 3.8%595 / 18,907
Megaminx48.031:02.51
top 4.3%300 / 7,841
4×436.2941.04
top 8.0%1,204 / 19,072
Clock7.4410.63
top 12.7%972 / 8,927
5×51:11.601:19.66
top 12.8%984 / 9,401
3×3 blindfolded1:03.681:36.69
top 14.2%273 / 2,092
6×62:20.912:31.00
top 20.9%737 / 4,196
7×73:39.223:47.43
top 23.2%659 / 3,184
3×3 Multi-Blind8 of 9 cubes · 43:05—
top 26.3%195 / 731
5×5 blindfolded14:16.00—
early days — 3 solves77 / 218
4×4 blindfolded7:38.53—
top 41.7%175 / 440

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

Discovery Science Center competition 2008: 18.25Utah Open 2008: 15.62Boulder 2008: 15.34Caltech Fall 2008: 13.83Utah Open 2009: 12.11US Nationals 2009: 14.25Utah Cubing Fall Open 2009: 12.78United States Rubik's Cube Championships 2010: 11.15Utah Summer 2010: 11.84Marymount Open 2010: 12.15Caltech Fall 2010: 11.22Caltech Winter 2011: 11.03EPGY Stanford Winter 2011: 13.27Utah Spring 2011: 12.41Caltech Prefrosh 2011: 13.16Caltech Spring 2011: 11.68Stanford Fall 2011: 12.33Caltech Fall 2011: 10.80Berkeley Winter 2012: 12.46Caltech Winter 2012: 11.70Antelope Valley Summer 2012: 11.38United States National Championships 2012: 11.59Nisei Week 2012: 11.65Eagle Peak - San Diego Open 2012: 10.81Diamond Bar Open 2012: 10.96Caltech Fall Open 2012: 11.36Antelope Valley Winter 2013: 10.02Caltech Winter Open 2013: 11.28Diamond Bar Spring Open 2013: 10.01Caltech Spring Open 2013: 10.57San Diego Summer Splash 2013: 10.96World Rubik's Cube Championship 2013: 11.22Nisei Week 2013: 9.78Antelope Valley Fall 2013: 11.75Caltech Fall Open 2013: 10.90Caltech Winter Open 2014: 11.27Caltech Spring Open 2014: 10.25San Diego Summer Splash 2014: 12.18Newport Cube Day 2014: 10.78US Nationals 2014: 11.04Nisei Week 2014: 11.37Caltech Fall Open 2014: 9.89Newport Winter Open 2014: 10.85Idaho Open 2014: 10.75Nub Open 2015: 8.98Caltech Winter Open 2015: 9.17BASC 5: Everything But 2x2 2015: 10.06Utah Pi Open 2015: 10.47Orange Coast Puzzle Meet 2015: 10.22San Diego Summer Splash 2015: 10.05Alliance for Education 2015: 10.31SoCal Supercomp 2015: 10.22US Nationals 2015: 11.41Nisei Week 2015: 9.90Utah Megacomp 2015: 11.00Irvine Fall 2015: 11.09Nub Open 2016: 10.40Caltech Winter 2016: 8.33Utah Spring: Gotta go Fast 2016: 10.60Newport Spring 2016: 11.92Berkeley Spring 2016: 10.49Poly Cubed 2016: 9.84TFTI San Diego 2016: 9.67SoCal Supercomp 2016: 9.73US Nationals 2016: 9.75Nisei Week 2016: 10.53Newport Fall 2016: 8.862FTI San Diego 2016: 9.62Utah Megacomp II 2017: 10.17Qualifornia 2017: 8.55OCSEF Open 2017: 9.99Cerritos Open 2017: 9.05World Rubik's Cube Championship 2017: 10.73Nisei Week 2017: 10.14Fresno Fall 2017: 9.64Santa Barbara Fall 2017: 10.14Newport Fall 2017: 9.47TF3I San Diego 2017: 10.38Poly Cubed 2017: 10.07Thanks Four The Invite 2018: 9.57Utah Winter Open 2018: 10.31Irvine Winter 2018: 9.62Cerritos Open 2018: 8.59Nipomo Spring 2018: 9.58Thanks for the InFive 2018: 9.82A Bruin Cube Day 2018: 10.72CubingUSA Western Championship 2018: 9.26West Coast Cubing Tour - Los Angeles 2018: 10.20CubingUSA Nationals 2018: 10.44Nisei Week 2018: 10.92Anaheim Fall 2018: 10.34Poly Cubed 2018: 9.82CubeChella 2018: 9.51Another Bruin Cube Day 2019: 10.00Mudd Winter 2019: 11.72Santa Barbara Winter 2019: 8.42Thousand Oaks Cubing Open 2019: 10.68West LA Spring 2019: 10.87CubingUSA Western Championship 2019: 9.12WCA World Championship 2019: 8.91CubingUSA Nationals 2019: 9.54Nisei Week 2019: 10.02San Diego Summer 2019: 9.09Santa Barbara Fall 2019: 9.49Mudd Fall 2019: 10.33Grossmont Fall 2019: 9.44UCSD Winter 2020: 9.73West LA Winter 2020: 9.61Mudd Winter 2020: 9.07Westview Winter B 2021: 10.18Anaheim Winter B 2022: 9.03San Diego Spring 2022: 10.78Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2022: 8.11Marshall Middle Slice 2022: 9.94WCC Western Championship 2022: 9.81Cubing for Cancer RPV 2022: 9.76San Diego's Final Cube-Down 2022: 8.36Oak Valley Winter A 2023: 9.68Marshall Cubing Spring 2023: 9.29A Bruin Cube Day Spring 2023: 8.96Mountains Open Up 2023: 8.77Give Back RPV 2023: 9.56Westview Cubing Favorites 2023: 9.69UCSD For Hemophilia 2023: 11.05Pride in Long Beach 2023: 9.44Poway Summer Cubing 2023: 9.14CubingUSA Western Championship 2023: 8.73Rialto Cubing Summer 2023: 9.43CubingUSA Nationals 2023: 10.69Rubik's WCA World Championship 2023: 10.05Corona Summer 2023: 9.49Thankful for Cubing RPV 2023: 8.63Beckman Gets Big 2023: 9.02UCSD Winter 2023: 10.02UCSD Winter 2024: 8.80Poway Cubing Winter 2024: 9.34University Heights Cubing Winter 2024: 8.72Fullerton Winter 2024: 8.89San Diego Big Cub 2024: 9.17Temecula Valley Spring 2024: 8.73Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2024: 9.99CubingUSA Western Championship 2024: 9.62La La Land 2024: 9.58Super Duper San Diego 2024: 10.36UCSD Fall 2024: 9.34Nub Open Lake Forest 2024: 9.91CETis 156 Broncos 2025: 9.73SoCal Speedcubing at Super STEM Saturday 2025: 9.83UCSD May A 2025: 7.71Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025: 11.60West Coast Cubing Western Championship 2025: 9.78Nub Open Trabuco Hills Fall 2025: 8.84Poly Cubed at Pomona 2025: 8.49UCSD Unofficial Events 2025: 9.49Huntington Park Winter 2025: 10.21Temecula Valley Winter 2025: 11.52Temecula Valley Spring 2026: 9.56UCSD TritoNxN 2026: 7.93West Coast Cubing Western Championship 2026: 9.33Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2026: 10.597.7118.2519 Apr 20082 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 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.20 away.
  • A sub-6 Square-1 single — 201 people have one; it is 0.39 away.

Targets move as he improves.