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Mike Lapolla

3×3 · top 33.8% of 284,439 all-time · competing since January 2013 · 2013LAPO01

Mike Lapolla has been competing for 14 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 17.90, set at Harvard Fall 2013, puts him in the top 33.8% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 18,809th in the United States. Across 3 competitions since January 2013, he has put 22 official solves on the record across two events. His 3×3 best has come down from 28.63 in January 2013 to 17.90, a 37% improvement. Mike has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 33.8% of 284,439 all-time
17.90
signature single · Harvard Fall 2013
22
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×317.9020.66
top 33.8%18,809 / 59,724
2×25.407.14
top 44.2%17,814 / 40,951

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

Monmouth County Open 2013: 28.63Harvard Fall 2013: 17.90Liberty Science Center Open 2013: 19.7517.9028.6312 Jan 201314 Dec 2013

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-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 2.90 away.
  • A sub-5 2×2 single — 73,413 people have one; it is 0.40 away.

Targets move as he improves.