People · United States
Bill McGaugh
3×3 · top 49.7% of 284,439 all-time · competing since January 2004 · 2004MCGA01
Bill McGaugh has been competing for 23 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 23.75, set at US Nationals 2004, puts him in the top 49.7% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 28,976th in the United States. Across 11 competitions since January 2004, he has put 88 official solves on the record across three events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 20% around a typical one, an early reading from 7 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 31.59 in January 2004 to 23.75, a 25% improvement. Bill has entered eleven competitions, more competitions than 93% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 23.75 | 32.03 | top 49.7% | 28,976 / 59,724 | |
| 4×4 | 2:19.77 | 2:51.00 | top 89.1% | 16,953 / 19,072 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 8:43.22 | — | early days — 1 solve | 2,023 / 2,092 |
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
- 10 Jul 2004First sub-30 3×3: 29.14 at US Nationals 2004.
- 10 Jul 2004Three personal bests in one day at US Nationals 2004.
- 24 Jan 2004First competition: Caltech Winter competition 2004. A 35.87 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- CubingUSA Western Championship 2018 · 15 Jun 2018
- Caltech Fall competition 2006 · 11 Nov 2006
- US Nationals 2006 · 4 Aug 2006
- Caltech Spring competition 2006 · 15 Apr 2006
- Caltech Fall competition 2005 · 22 Oct 2005
- Caltech Spring competition 2005 · 16 Apr 2005
- Caltech Winter competition 2005 · 15 Jan 2005
- Caltech Fall competition 2004 · 16 Oct 2004 — 1 personal best set
- US Nationals 2004 · 10 Jul 2004 — 3 personal bests set
- Caltech Spring competition 2004 · 3 Apr 2004 — 1 personal best set
- Caltech Winter competition 2004 · 24 Jan 2004 — 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.
- Shotaro Makisumi (牧角章太郎) — met in 20 rounds, never finished ahead
- Leyan Lo — met in 19 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Adam Zamora — met in 16 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
Next targets
- A sub-20 3×3 single — 113,584 people have one; it is 3.75 away.
- A sub-2:00 4×4 single — 68,574 people have one; it is 19.77 away.
Targets move as he improves.