People · United States
Brendan McCarthy
3×3 · top 25.5% of 284,439 all-time · competing since June 2016 · 2016MCCA08
Brendan McCarthy has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 15.31, set at Monument Mountain Winter 2017, puts him in the top 25.5% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 13,874th in the United States. Across 9 competitions since June 2016, he has put 160 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 66% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 25.99 in June 2016 to 15.31, a 41% improvement. Brendan has entered nine competitions, more competitions than 91% 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 | 15.31 | 17.81 | top 25.5% | 13,874 / 59,724 | |
| 2×2 | 4.97 | 6.98 | top 39.0% | 15,629 / 40,951 | |
| Skewb | 8.34 | 11.68 | top 43.9% | 7,705 / 18,907 | |
| Pyraminx | 9.11 | 12.47 | top 45.8% | 13,171 / 28,708 |
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 Dec 2016First sub-20 3×3: 16.47 at South Berwick Open 2016.
- 25 Jun 2016First competition: Lexington Summer 2016. A 25.99 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Lexington Summer 2017 · 1 Jul 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- Quabbin Spring 2017 · 27 May 2017
- Maybe Melrose Spring 2017 · 29 Apr 2017 — 1 personal best set
- WPI Winter Cube Day 2017 · 26 Feb 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Monument Mountain Winter 2017 · 28 Jan 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- South Berwick Open 2016 · 10 Dec 2016 — 2 personal bests set
- Phillips Exeter Cube Day 2016 · 5 Nov 2016 — 1 personal best set
- Quabbin Open 2016 · 24 Sep 2016 — 1 personal best set
- Lexington Summer 2016 · 25 Jun 2016
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.
- Connor Reid — met in 31 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Spencer Andersen — met in 26 rounds, never finished ahead
- Livia Kleiner — met in 23 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 0.31 away.
- A sub-4 2×2 single — 49,452 people have one; it is 0.97 away.
Targets move as he improves.