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David McLean

Megaminx · top 3.9% of 35,351 all-time · competing since September 2017 · 2017MCLE03

David McLean has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the Megaminx: a personal-best single of 47.28, set at Please Be Finished Brisbane 2026, puts him in the top 3.9% of the 35,351 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 55th in Australia. Until January 2011, no official Megaminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 66 competitions since September 2017, he has put 2,057 official solves on the record across 17 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 55% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 19.46 in September 2017 to 9.30, a 52% improvement. David has entered 66 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

Megaminx
best event — top 3.9% of 35,351 all-time
47.28
signature single · Please Be Finished Brisbane 2026
2,057
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 55% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingAustralia
Megaminx47.2852.43
top 3.9%55 / 1,313
3×39.3011.43
top 5.6%518 / 11,943
2×22.184.02
top 6.1%441 / 8,727
4×437.2144.83
top 9.0%234 / 3,108
Pyraminx4.536.82
top 10.4%481 / 6,109
3×3 one-handed16.8329.89
top 12.2%277 / 2,685
3×3 Fewest Moves29 moves33.00
top 12.2%56 / 474
Skewb4.256.15
top 12.7%336 / 3,589
3×3 Multi-Blind11 of 11 cubes · 53:39—
top 14.4%31 / 186
3×3 blindfolded1:14.431:34.84
top 17.6%89 / 399
5×51:20.961:27.77
top 20.0%276 / 1,412
Clock9.4311.66
top 22.0%262 / 1,159
Square-121.3324.40
top 31.0%302 / 920
7×74:22.364:42.88
top 38.5%193 / 540
4×4 blindfolded7:18.658:27.27
top 38.9%37 / 98
6×63:08.633:16.75
top 45.0%284 / 667
5×5 blindfolded17:49.0021:41.00
top 52.0%27 / 51

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

Brisbane Winter 2017: 19.46Brisbane Winter 2018: 14.74Northside Cube Day 2019: 14.29Koalafication Brisbane 2019: 14.82Northside Cube Days 2020: 13.08Brisbane Is Back On 2021: 14.10Northside Duology Part 1 2022: 13.60Brisbane Autumn 2022: 12.44Queensland Open 2022: 12.65Australian Nationals 2022: 11.96Northside Spring Saturday 2022: 12.19Rubik's WCA Oceanic Championship 2022: 12.26Turning in Townsville 2023: 12.15Brisbane Summer 2023: 12.37North Sydney Cube Day 2023: 11.36Chilling in Canberra 2023: 11.21Runaway Bay May Saturday 2023: 11.95Queensland Open 2023: 10.29Geelong Winter 2023: 11.36U Cube at UQ Sunday 2023: 11.28Australian Nationals 2023: 11.55QUT Qube Challenge Saturday 2023: 9.91Tassie Summer 2024: 9.30Melbourne Summer 2024: 11.71Brisbane Summer 2024: 10.51Cubing in Corinda Sunday 2024: 10.42Wide Bay Cubing 2024: 11.20Turning in Townsville 2024: 10.52Australian Nationals 2024: 11.79Chilling in Toowoomba 2024: 11.02MarsdeNxN 2024: 9.59Speedy Southport 2024: 12.09Rubik's WCA Oceanic Championship 2024: 14.02Brisbane Summer 2025: 12.42QLD State Championship 2025: 12.64Wide Bay Cubing 2025: 12.75Australian Nationals 2025: 11.60Northern Territory Championship 2025: 12.96Speedy Southport 2025: 10.44Melbourne Summer 2026: 11.23Cube Against Cancer Brisbane 2026: 11.92Wide Bay Cubing 2026: 11.37Queensland Open 2026: 10.76Australian Nationals 2026: 12.74Toowoomba Carnival of Cubing 2026: 9.86Cairns Open 2026: 11.379.3019.4616 Sep 20173 Oct 2026

Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.

The story so far

Competitions

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.

Next targets

  • A sub-40 Megaminx single — 567 people have one; it is 7.28 away.
  • A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 1.30 away.

Targets move as he improves.