People · United Kingdom
Billy McFadyen
3×3 · top 2.6% of 288,433 all-time · competing since April 2022 · 2022MCFA01
Billy McFadyen has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.90, set at Edinburgh Winter 2025, puts him in the top 2.6% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 213th in the United Kingdom. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 14 competitions since April 2022, he has put 559 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 80% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 24.74 in April 2022 to 7.90, a 68% improvement. Billy has entered 14 competitions, more competitions than 95% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United Kingdom | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 7.90 | 10.18 | top 2.6% | 213 / 6,785 | |
| 2×2 | 1.93 | 3.41 | top 4.3% | 309 / 4,946 | |
| Pyraminx | 3.52 | 6.89 | top 5.6% | 214 / 3,704 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 16.69 | 24.00 | top 11.9% | 234 / 1,861 | |
| 4×4 | 44.32 | 52.37 | top 17.5% | 410 / 2,112 | |
| Clock | 10.15 | 12.06 | top 25.7% | 350 / 1,255 | |
| Skewb | 6.04 | 10.23 | top 26.1% | 611 / 2,439 | |
| 5×5 | 1:39.61 | 1:53.85 | top 35.1% | 457 / 1,167 | |
| Square-1 | 30.72 | 38.52 | top 50.7% | 457 / 789 | |
| Megaminx | 3:15.72 | — | early days — 1 solve | 906 / 998 |
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
- 30 May 2025Three personal bests in one day at Kewbz Scottish Championship 2025.
- 11 Jan 2025Three personal bests in one day at Edinburgh Winter 2025.
- 2 Mar 2024First sub-10 3×3: 9.61 at Glasgow Spring 2024.
- 2 Mar 2024Five personal bests in one day at Glasgow Spring 2024.
- 27 Jan 2024Four personal bests in one day at Edinburgh Winter 2024.
- 22 Sep 2023Four personal bests in one day at Glasgow Autumn 2023.
Competitions
- Glasgow Favourites Evening VI 2026 · 17 Mar 2026
- Edinburgh Winter 2026 · 24 Jan 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Glasgow NxN Day 2025 · 2 Aug 2025
- Kewbz Scottish Championship 2025 · 30 May 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Edinburgh Winter 2025 · 11 Jan 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Glasgow Favourites Evening II 2024 · 21 Oct 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Glasgow 3x3 Evening 2024 · 9 Oct 2024
- Edinburgh Summer Open 2024 · 22 Jun 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Glasgow Spring 2024 · 2 Mar 2024 — 5 personal bests set
- Edinburgh Winter 2024 · 27 Jan 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- Glasgow Autumn 2023 · 22 Sep 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- Glasgow Spring 2023 · 26 May 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Glasgow Winter 2023 · 27 Jan 2023 — 5 personal bests set
- Farnworth Spring D 2022 · 17 Apr 2022
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.
- Eleanor Sinnott — met in 113 rounds, finished ahead 41 times
- Shiraz Malik — met in 111 rounds, finished ahead 44 times
- Adam Black — met in 110 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,419 people have one; it is 1.90 away.
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,050 people have one; it is 0.93 away.
Targets move as he improves.