People · South Africa
Dion McCarthy
3×3 · top 55.9% of 284,439 all-time · competing since October 2024 · 2024MCCA08
Dion McCarthy has been competing for a year. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 26.53, set at CubingZA Nationals 2025, puts him in the top 55.9% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 898th in South Africa. Across 3 competitions since October 2024, he has put 15 official solves on the record across one event. His 3×3 best has come down from 41.55 in October 2024 to 26.53, a 36% improvement. Dion has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | South Africa | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 26.53 | 37.01 | top 55.9% | 898 / 2,164 |
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
- 26 Apr 2025First sub-30 3×3: 26.53 at CubingZA Nationals 2025.
- 5 Oct 2024First competition: Inni-Horie-Fees 2024. A 41.55 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- CubingZA Nationals 2025 · 26 Apr 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Cubestuff Challenge Q4 Menlyn Park 2024 · 23 Nov 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Inni-Horie-Fees 2024 · 5 Oct 2024
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.
- Pieter Cornelius Horne — met in 3 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Gawie Beukman — met in 3 rounds, finished ahead once
- Ruben Grobler — met in 3 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-25 3×3 single — 149,621 people have one; it is 1.53 away.
Targets move as he improves.