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Mike Woyden
3×3 · top 7.3% of 288,433 all-time · competing since March 2012 · 2012WOYD01
Mike Woyden has been competing for 15 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.94, set at Princeton Spring 2013, puts him in the top 7.3% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 4,077th in the United States. Until May 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 11 competitions since March 2012, he has put 206 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 80% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. That figure sets aside his 5 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 18.91 in March 2012 to 9.94, a 47% improvement. Mike has entered eleven competitions, more competitions than 93% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 9.94 | 13.13 | top 7.3% | 4,077 / 60,666 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 17.02 | 19.97 | top 12.7% | 1,663 / 15,900 | |
| 2×2 | 3.70 | 4.86 | top 22.8% | 9,056 / 41,674 | |
| 4×4 | 54.35 | 1:03.29 | top 30.0% | 4,765 / 19,354 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 4:00.63 | — | early days — 1 solve | 1,436 / 2,128 |
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
- 1 Dec 2012First sub-10 3×3: 9.96 at Levittown Open 2012.
- 21 Apr 2012First sub-15 3×3: 13.13 at Cornell Open Spring 2012.
- 21 Apr 2012Four personal bests in one day at Cornell Open Spring 2012.
- 3 Mar 2012First competition: St. Joseph's College Winter 2012. A 18.91 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Princeton Winter 2014 · 15 Feb 2014 — 1 personal best set
- Starlight Open 2013 · 16 Nov 2013 — 1 personal best set
- World Rubik's Cube Championship 2013 · 26 Jul 2013 — 1 personal best set
- Newark Head to Head 2013 · 18 May 2013 — 1 personal best set
- Cornell Open Spring 2013 · 6 Apr 2013
- Princeton Spring 2013 · 30 Mar 2013 — 1 personal best set
- Levittown Open 2012 · 1 Dec 2012 — 2 personal bests set
- Princeton Fall 2012 · 22 Sep 2012 — 1 personal best set
- United States National Championships 2012 · 3 Aug 2012 — 1 personal best set
- Cornell Open Spring 2012 · 21 Apr 2012 — 4 personal bests set
- St. Joseph's College Winter 2012 · 3 Mar 2012
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.
- Corey Sakowski — met in 45 rounds, finished ahead 15 times
- Kian Barry — met in 44 rounds, finished ahead 16 times
- Nick Rech — met in 34 rounds, finished ahead 17 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 1.94 away.
- A sub-15 3×3 one-handed single — 6,118 people have one; it is 2.02 away.
Targets move as he improves.