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Alex McKinnon
Pyraminx · top 5.7% of 130,891 all-time · competing since May 2023 · 2023MCKI09
Alex McKinnon has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 3.56, set at Edinburgh Winter 2025, puts him in the top 5.7% of the 130,891 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 218th in the United Kingdom. Until February 2008, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 16 competitions since May 2023, he has put 574 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 67% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 27.32 in May 2023 to 14.44, a 47% improvement. Alex has entered 16 competitions, more competitions than 96% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United Kingdom | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 3.56 | 6.90 | top 5.7% | 218 / 3,704 | |
| 2×2 | 2.23 | 5.61 | top 6.5% | 462 / 4,946 | |
| Skewb | 4.27 | 10.60 | top 12.9% | 297 / 2,439 | |
| Clock | 7.54 | 9.54 | top 13.0% | 186 / 1,255 | |
| 3×3 | 14.44 | 18.60 | top 22.6% | 1,529 / 6,785 | |
| 4×4 | 1:14.97 | 1:30.32 | top 51.6% | 1,132 / 2,112 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 35.81 | 42.70 | top 58.8% | 1,017 / 1,861 | |
| Megaminx | 2:32.02 | 2:57.88 | top 62.2% | 744 / 998 | |
| 5×5 | 2:48.32 | 3:18.18 | top 74.0% | 933 / 1,167 |
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
- 17 Oct 2026First sub-15 3×3: 14.44 at Falkirk Autumn 2026.
- 27 Jun 2026Four personal bests in one day at Farewell Strathclyde University 2026.
- 24 Jan 2026Three personal bests in one day at Edinburgh Winter 2026.
- 11 Jan 2025Three personal bests in one day at Edinburgh Winter 2025.
- 22 Jun 2024First sub-20 3×3: 17.87 at Edinburgh Summer Open 2024.
- 22 Jun 2024Four personal bests in one day at Edinburgh Summer Open 2024.
Competitions
- Falkirk Autumn 2026 · 17 Oct 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Farewell Strathclyde University 2026 · 27 Jun 2026 — 4 personal bests set
- Edinburgh Clock Day 2026 · 6 Jun 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Falkirk Open 2026 · 21 Feb 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Edinburgh Winter 2026 · 24 Jan 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Glasgow NxN Day 2025 · 2 Aug 2025
- Kewbz Scottish Championship 2025 · 30 May 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Glasgow Side Events Spring 2025 · 5 Apr 2025
- Edinburgh Winter 2025 · 11 Jan 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Glasgow Side Events Autumn 2024 · 14 Sep 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Edinburgh Summer Open 2024 · 22 Jun 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- Glasgow Spring 2024 · 2 Mar 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Edinburgh Winter 2024 · 27 Jan 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Glasgow Autumn 2023 · 22 Sep 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Edinburgh Summer 2023 · 15 Jul 2023 — 6 personal bests set
- Glasgow Spring 2023 · 26 May 2023 — 2 personal bests set
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.
- Jamie Haazen — met in 115 rounds, finished ahead 26 times
- Ryan Eckersley — met in 113 rounds, finished ahead 8 times
- Theo Leyton — met in 112 rounds, finished ahead 34 times
Next targets
- A sub-3 Pyraminx single — 4,783 people have one; it is 0.56 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 9,039 people have one; it is 0.23 away.
Targets move as he improves.