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Austin McDonald
Skewb · top 12.7% of 73,281 all-time · competing since June 2024 · 2024MCDO15
Austin McDonald has been competing for 2 years. His best event is the Skewb: a personal-best single of 4.26, set at Cubing in School Westminster 2025, puts him in the top 12.7% of the 73,281 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,969th in the United States. Across 7 competitions since June 2024, he has put 191 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 70% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 20.87 in June 2024 to 14.16, a 32% improvement. Austin has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Skewb | 4.26 | 6.46 | top 12.7% | 1,969 / 18,907 | |
| 3×3 | 14.16 | 16.48 | top 21.5% | 11,629 / 59,724 | |
| 2×2 | 4.89 | 6.20 | top 37.9% | 15,186 / 40,951 | |
| 4×4 | 1:06.78 | 1:21.78 | top 43.7% | 7,226 / 19,072 | |
| Clock | 15.24 | 17.82 | top 48.9% | 3,984 / 8,927 | |
| Pyraminx | 10.57 | 13.45 | top 57.4% | 16,814 / 28,708 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 39.46 | 50.76 | top 64.6% | 9,161 / 15,683 | |
| 5×5 | 2:55.91 | — | top 76.7% | 6,878 / 9,401 | |
| Megaminx | 3:11.88 | — | top 78.3% | 6,157 / 7,841 | |
| Square-1 | 1:01.02 | — | top 84.3% | 5,648 / 6,743 | |
| 6×6 | 7:57.43 | — | early days — 1 solve | 4,094 / 4,196 |
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
- 24 May 2025First sub-15 3×3: 14.16 at North Carolina Championship 2025.
- 24 May 2025Six personal bests in one day at North Carolina Championship 2025.
- 10 Nov 2024First sub-20 3×3: 19.21 at NCSU Wolfpack 2024.
- 28 Jun 2024First competition: CubingUSA Southeast Championship 2024. A 20.87 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Scenic City Summer TN 2026 · 8 Aug 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2026 · 2 Jul 2026 — 1 personal best set
- North Carolina Championship 2025 · 24 May 2025 — 6 personal bests set
- Cubing in School Westminster 2025 · 10 May 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Charlotte Winter 2025 · 25 Jan 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- NCSU Wolfpack 2024 · 10 Nov 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- CubingUSA Southeast Championship 2024 · 28 Jun 2024 — 1 personal best 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.
- Clay Moore — met in 43 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Quinn Anderson — met in 41 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Eddie Szuster — met in 41 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-4 Skewb single — 7,977 people have one; it is 0.26 away.
- A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 2.16 away.
Targets move as he improves.