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Michelle Watson

3×3 · top 93.1% of 284,439 all-time · competing since August 2018 · 2018WATS06

Michelle Watson has been competing for 8 years. Her best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 1:04.03, set at WCA World Championship 2019, puts her in the top 93.1% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 11,086th in Australia. Across 6 competitions since August 2018, she has put 29 official solves on the record across one event. Solve to solve, her 3×3 times vary about 22% around a typical one, an early reading from 6 counted rounds. Her 3×3 best has come down from 1:24.72 in August 2018 to 1:04.03, a 24% improvement. Michelle has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 93.1% of 284,439 all-time
1:04.03
signature single · WCA World Championship 2019
29
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingAustralia
3×31:04.031:19.22
top 93.1%11,086 / 11,709

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

Horsham Winter 2018: 1:24.72Australian Nationals 2018: 1:24.11Brilliant Ballarat 2019: 1:13.72Solving in Sale 2019: 1:04.66WCA World Championship 2019: 1:04.03Horsham 2019: 1:21.511:04.031:24.7225 Aug 201810 Aug 2019

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 her.

  • Dave Watson — met in 6 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
  • Jack Cai — met in 6 rounds, never finished ahead
  • Ethan Pride — met in 6 rounds, never finished ahead

Next targets

  • A sub-1:00 3×3 single — 260,367 people have one; it is 4.03 away.

Targets move as she improves.