People · Canada
Mickey Cao
3×3 · top 3.2% of 284,439 all-time · competing since June 2022 · 2022CAOM01
Mickey Cao has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.24, set at Championnat Canadien 2025, puts him in the top 3.2% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 318th in Canada. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 5 competitions since June 2022, he has put 190 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 80% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 11.04 in June 2022 to 8.24, a 25% improvement. Mickey has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% 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 | 8.24 | 10.39 | top 3.2% | 318 / 10,392 | |
| Pyraminx | 3.84 | 7.81 | top 6.9% | 239 / 4,858 | |
| 2×2 | 2.29 | 3.29 | top 7.0% | 448 / 7,173 | |
| 4×4 | 36.28 | 45.66 | top 7.9% | 187 / 3,118 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 15.51 | 18.10 | top 9.2% | 203 / 2,620 | |
| 5×5 | 1:34.43 | 1:38.11 | top 31.0% | 376 / 1,499 | |
| 6×6 | 3:07.54 | 3:23.09 | top 44.4% | 230 / 665 | |
| 7×7 | 4:46.33 | 5:12.80 | top 46.5% | 192 / 503 | |
| Square-1 | 42.69 | 49.26 | top 68.6% | 636 / 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
Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 24 Jul 2025Six personal bests in one day at Championnat Canadien 2025.
- 17 Feb 2024First sub-10 3×3: 9.98 at Winterpeg 2024.
- 17 Feb 2024Five personal bests in one day at Winterpeg 2024.
- 18 Jun 2022First competition: Winnipeg Open 2022. A 11.49 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Championnat Canadien 2025 · 24 Jul 2025 — 6 personal bests set
- Winnipeg Open 2024 · 17 Aug 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Winterpeg 2024 · 17 Feb 2024 — 5 personal bests set
- Winnipeg Open 2023 · 17 Jun 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Winnipeg Open 2022 · 18 Jun 2022 — 1 personal best set
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.
- Walker Welch — met in 33 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Keith Wierckx — met in 28 rounds, finished ahead 13 times
- Aaron Cox — met in 26 rounds, finished ahead 17 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.24 away.
- A sub-3 Pyraminx single — 4,700 people have one; it is 0.84 away.
Targets move as he improves.