People · New Zealand
Apollo McVey
3×3 · top 2.0% of 288,433 all-time · competing since October 2024 · 2024MCVE01
Apollo McVey has been competing for 2 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.53, set at Auckland Winter Open 2026, puts him in the top 2.0% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 64th in New Zealand. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 16 competitions since October 2024, he has put 489 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 61% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. That figure sets aside his 8 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 29.01 in October 2024 to 7.53, a 74% improvement. Apollo 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 | New Zealand | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 7.53 | 11.48 | top 2.0% | 64 / 2,145 | |
| Clock | 3.92 | 5.25 | top 2.2% | 19 / 319 | |
| Pyraminx | 3.32 | 4.95 | top 4.8% | 82 / 1,149 | |
| 2×2 | 2.08 | 3.53 | top 5.3% | 123 / 1,627 | |
| Skewb | 3.43 | 6.42 | top 7.3% | 67 / 670 | |
| 4×4 | 46.01 | 50.71 | top 19.6% | 142 / 745 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 19.89 | 23.55 | top 20.2% | 116 / 607 | |
| 5×5 | 1:39.64 | 1:46.33 | top 35.2% | 124 / 364 | |
| Megaminx | 2:13.02 | 2:28.58 | top 52.9% | 161 / 284 |
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
- 20 Jun 2026First sub-10 3×3: 9.33 at Auckland Winter Open 2026.
- 20 Jun 2026Four personal bests in one day at Auckland Winter Open 2026.
- 18 Apr 2026Six personal bests in one day at Cubing East Auckland Newcomer Open 2026.
- 27 Feb 2026Five personal bests in one day at NZ North Island Championship 2026.
- 12 Dec 2025Three personal bests in one day at New Zealand Nationals 2025.
- 25 Oct 2025Six personal bests in one day at New Zealand Cubing Decathlon 2025.
Competitions
- Dualling in Milford 2026 · 26 Sep 2026
- Auckland Winter Open 2026 · 20 Jun 2026 — 4 personal bests set
- Cubing East Auckland Newcomer Open 2026 · 18 Apr 2026 — 6 personal bests set
- NZ North Island Championship 2026 · 27 Feb 2026 — 5 personal bests set
- New Zealand Nationals 2025 · 12 Dec 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Drury Summer 2025 · 15 Nov 2025 — 1 personal best set
- New Zealand Cubing Decathlon 2025 · 25 Oct 2025 — 6 personal bests set
- Beachside Auckland 2025 · 20 Sep 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- 2x2 in Tāmaki Makaurau 2025 · 16 Aug 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Coping in Auckland 2025 · 5 Jul 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Milford Winter Warm Up 2025 · 14 Jun 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Puzzling Papatoetoe 2025 · 10 May 2025
- Auckland Autumn 2025 · 12 Apr 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Twisting in Titirangi 2025 · 16 Mar 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Sqauckland 2025 · 22 Feb 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Springing into Auckland 2024 · 12 Oct 2024
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.
- Brandon Harris — met in 104 rounds, finished ahead 9 times
- Elvis Chung — met in 95 rounds, finished ahead 28 times
- Yuki Gao — met in 87 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,419 people have one; it is 1.53 away.
- A sub-3 Clock single — 248 people have one; it is 0.92 away.
Targets move as he improves.