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Mikael Zulueta

Skewb · top 2.9% of 74,164 all-time · competing since September 2023 · 2023ZULU04

Mikael Zulueta has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the Skewb: a personal-best single of 2.50, set at Warm Up Carolina Pride 2026, puts him in the top 2.9% of the 74,164 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 448th in the United States. Until February 2014, no official Skewb solve in the world had been that fast. Across 15 competitions since September 2023, he has put 551 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 75% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 21.27 in September 2023 to 8.91, a 58% improvement. Mikael has entered 15 competitions, more competitions than 95% of everyone who has ever competed.

Skewb
best event — top 2.9% of 74,164 all-time
2.50
signature single · Warm Up Carolina Pride 2026
551
official solves on the record
14%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 75% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
Skewb2.504.86
top 2.9%448 / 19,164
Square-18.2412.57
top 3.4%251 / 6,846
4×431.6139.94
top 3.9%642 / 19,354
3×38.9110.16
top 4.7%2,654 / 60,666
2×22.023.37
top 4.9%2,005 / 41,674
Pyraminx4.156.72
top 8.5%2,203 / 29,168
3×3 one-handed17.3419.30
top 13.5%1,766 / 15,900
Clock7.898.25
top 14.6%1,154 / 9,172
5×51:14.871:20.93
top 15.3%1,203 / 9,537
Megaminx1:20.131:27.96
top 21.9%1,532 / 8,026
7×74:24.264:45.52
top 39.4%1,129 / 3,236
6×62:56.843:13.13
top 39.6%1,467 / 4,262

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

Staunton Speedsolving 2023: 21.27North Carolina Championship 2023: 16.47CubingUSA Southeast Championship 2024: 13.94NCSU Wolfpack 2024: 11.75Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025: 12.31Concord Summer 2025: 10.91NCSU Wolfpack 2025: 13.97Wrightsville Beach Bash 2026: 8.94NxN Nonsense NC 2026: 10.70NCSU Wolfpack Spring 2026: 9.26Apex Algs Again 2026: 9.31Warm Up Carolina Pride 2026: 8.91Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2026: 9.93Williamsburg Open Fall 2026: 9.358.9121.2716 Sep 202312 Sep 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-2 Skewb single — 1,031 people have one; it is 0.50 away.
  • A sub-8 Square-1 single — 781 people have one; it is 0.24 away.

Targets move as he improves.