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Aaron McPhee

3×3 · top 4.0% of 284,439 all-time · competing since July 2011 · 2011MCPH01

Aaron McPhee has been competing for 15 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.64, set at Canadian Prairie Championship 2024, puts him in the top 4.0% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 389th in Canada. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 5 competitions since July 2011, he has put 162 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 82% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. That figure sets aside his 3 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 35.08 in July 2011 to 8.64, a 75% improvement. Aaron has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 4.0% of 284,439 all-time
8.64
signature single · Canadian Prairie Championship 2024
162
official solves on the record
15%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 82% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingCanada
3×38.649.64
top 4.0%389 / 10,392
2×22.273.45
top 6.8%436 / 7,173
4×446.0750.28
top 19.6%501 / 3,118
5×51:32.591:34.88
top 29.4%356 / 1,499
Pyraminx7.7211.37
top 33.9%1,516 / 4,858
3×3 one-handed28.3832.37
top 42.8%964 / 2,620
6×65:02.896:19.88
early days — 3 solves498 / 665
7×77:35.968:35.46
early days — 3 solves410 / 503

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

Cube Canada Day 2011: 35.08Atlantic Open 2013: 9.82Atlantic Open 2014: 10.61Atlantic Open Special 2015: 9.60Canadian Prairie Championship 2024: 8.648.6435.081 Jul 20112 Nov 2024

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.

  • Micah Stairs — met in 25 rounds, finished ahead 18 times
  • David Hoar — met in 25 rounds, finished ahead 15 times
  • Alex Comeau — met in 23 rounds, finished ahead 20 times

Next targets

  • A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.64 away.
  • A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.27 away.

Targets move as he improves.