People · United States
Catherine McCarthy
3×3 · top 11.3% of 284,439 all-time · competing since September 2015 · 2015MCCA03
Catherine McCarthy has been competing for 11 years. Her best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 11.27, set at PDX Cubing for Dougy 2016, puts her in the top 11.3% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 6,118th in the United States. Across 14 competitions since September 2015, she has put 292 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, her 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 80% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. Her 3×3 best has come down from 27.77 in September 2015 to 11.27, a 59% improvement. Catherine 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 States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 11.27 | 13.70 | top 11.3% | 6,118 / 59,724 | |
| 2×2 | 2.88 | 4.46 | top 12.9% | 5,060 / 40,951 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.04 | 10.81 | top 20.3% | 5,449 / 28,708 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 27.00 | 35.41 | top 39.4% | 5,237 / 15,683 | |
| 4×4 | 1:06.98 | 1:21.61 | top 43.9% | 7,259 / 19,072 | |
| 5×5 | 2:27.79 | — | top 64.7% | 5,632 / 9,401 | |
| Megaminx | 2:57.82 | — | early days — 2 solves | 5,725 / 7,841 |
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 2016Four personal bests in one day at Eugene 2016.
- 5 Mar 2016First sub-15 3×3: 13.75 at PDX Cubing Alpha 2016.
- 9 Jan 2016First sub-20 3×3: 17.09 at Oregon State Alpha 2016.
- 19 Sep 2015First competition: Keep Portland Weird 2015. A 27.77 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Eugene Spring 2018 · 31 Mar 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Oregon State 2018 · 24 Feb 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Rose City 2017 · 20 May 2017
- Atomic Fools 2017 · 1 Apr 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Keep Portland Weird 2017 · 4 Mar 2017
- Eugene 2016 · 10 Dec 2016 — 4 personal bests set
- PDX Cubing for Dougy 2016 · 19 Nov 2016 — 1 personal best set
- Oregon 2016 · 27 Aug 2016 — 2 personal bests set
- US Nationals 2016 · 29 Jul 2016 — 2 personal bests set
- Rose City 2016 · 21 May 2016 — 2 personal bests set
- PDX Cubing Alpha 2016 · 5 Mar 2016 — 1 personal best set
- Oregon State Alpha 2016 · 9 Jan 2016 — 2 personal bests set
- PDX Cubing Beta 2015 · 21 Nov 2015 — 1 personal best set
- Keep Portland Weird 2015 · 19 Sep 2015
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 her.
- Tyler Halgren — met in 55 rounds, finished ahead once
- Kit Clement — met in 54 rounds, finished ahead 10 times
- Chris Brotzman — met in 52 rounds, finished ahead 8 times
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 1.27 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.88 away.
Targets move as she improves.