Michael Nielsen's 2025 Annual Summary

In the past year (2025), Michael Nielsen competed in 12 competitions and 163 rounds across 13 events, from Jan 11th to Nov 2nd.

Records

He broke 2 records, and both were NARs.

EventSingleAverageCompetitionRoundDetail
Pyraminx
 NAR 1.41Virginia Championship 2025First round
1.31      1.35      1.56      1.15      3.10
 NAR 1.42Cubing with the Cougars WV 2025Final
1.36      1.14      2.28      1.52      1.39

Podiums

He has been on the podium 34 times across 7 events, including 15 golds, 12 silvers, and 7 bronzes.

EventGoldSilverBronze
Pyraminx64
3x3x3 Cube621
2x2x2 Cube33
Skewb24
5x5x5 Cube1
4x4x4 Cube1
3x3x3 One-Handed1

Solves/Attempts

He attempted 793 solves and completed 785.

EventSolvesAttempts
3x3x3 Cube175175
Pyraminx122125
2x2x2 Cube108110
Skewb8080
Clock6365
3x3x3 One-Handed6060
4x4x4 Cube5555
Square-14545
Megaminx2930
5x5x5 Cube2020
6x6x6 Cube1919
7x7x7 Cube66
3x3x3 Fewest Moves33

Personal Bests

He broke his personal best 20 times across 7 events, including 11 singles and 9 averages.

EventTimesSingleAverage
Pyraminx642
6x6x6 Cube422
5x5x5 Cube321
3x3x3 Cube202
3x3x3 One-Handed220
Clock202
Megaminx110

Improvements of Single

Event≤20242025Improvement
Pyraminx1.170.980.19 (19.39%)
5x5x5 Cube59.1053.845.26 (9.77%)
6x6x6 Cube2:03.781:53.4710.31 (9.09%)
3x3x3 One-Handed10.379.710.66 (6.80%)
Megaminx53.3052.770.53 (1.00%)

Improvements of Average

Event≤20242025Improvement
5x5x5 Cube1:06.1859.506.68 (11.23%)
Pyraminx1.531.410.12 (8.51%)
Clock8.768.280.48 (5.80%)
3x3x3 Cube6.396.210.18 (2.90%)
6x6x6 Cube2:11.162:10.500.66 (0.51%)

Cubers

He met 2674 cubers from 76 countries/regions, 413 of whom competed with him more than once.

Shared CompetitionsCompetitors
12261
2269
382
438
514
65
75
All2674

Regions

He competed in 1 country/region.

RegionTimes
USA12