People · United States
Dillon McDonald
Pyraminx · top 6.6% of 129,321 all-time · competing since March 2019 · 2019MCDO02
Dillon McDonald has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 3.78, set at No Place For DNF Spring 2019, puts him in the top 6.6% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,695th in the United States. Until February 2008, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 7 competitions since March 2019, he has put 148 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 9% around a typical one, an early reading from 8 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 13.73 in March 2019 to 10.48, a 24% improvement. Dillon has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 3.78 | 5.63 | top 6.6% | 1,695 / 28,708 | |
| 3×3 | 10.48 | 14.81 | top 8.9% | 4,874 / 59,724 | |
| 2×2 | 2.80 | 4.39 | top 12.0% | 4,737 / 40,951 | |
| Skewb | 5.41 | 9.17 | top 21.3% | 3,396 / 18,907 | |
| 4×4 | 59.53 | 1:26.68 | top 36.0% | 5,799 / 19,072 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 26.84 | 38.47 | top 38.9% | 5,177 / 15,683 | |
| Square-1 | 33.41 | 45.21 | top 55.8% | 3,688 / 6,743 |
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
- 6 Apr 2019Three personal bests in one day at No Place For DNF Spring 2019.
- 3 Mar 2019First competition: Binghamton Winter 2019. A 13.73 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- East Berlin Favorites PA 2024 · 29 Sep 2024
- Slow N Steady Winter 2020 · 23 Feb 2020 — 2 personal bests set
- Solving Hunger Virginia 2019 · 12 Oct 2019 — 1 personal best set
- CubingUSA Nationals 2019 · 1 Aug 2019 — 1 personal best set
- No Place For DNF Spring 2019 · 6 Apr 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Lower Moreland Winter 2019 · 16 Mar 2019
- Binghamton Winter 2019 · 3 Mar 2019
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.
- Graham Lively — met in 21 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Hassan Khanani — met in 20 rounds, never finished ahead
- Will Callan — met in 19 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-3 Pyraminx single — 4,700 people have one; it is 0.78 away.
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.48 away.
Targets move as he improves.