People · Ireland
Evan McDermott
2×2 · top 8.2% of 189,179 all-time · competing since August 2024 · 2024MCDE10
Evan McDermott has been competing for 2 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.42, set at Rubik's Irish Championship 2025, puts him in the top 8.2% of the 189,179 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 123rd in Ireland. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 10 competitions since August 2024, he has put 307 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 73% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 35.98 in August 2024 to 10.41, a 71% improvement. Evan has entered ten competitions, more competitions than 92% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Ireland | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 2.42 | 4.43 | top 8.2% | 123 / 1,190 | |
| 3×3 | 10.41 | 12.20 | top 8.7% | 140 / 1,465 | |
| Clock | 7.03 | 8.22 | top 10.9% | 49 / 342 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.09 | 9.33 | top 13.7% | 178 / 924 | |
| Skewb | 6.13 | 10.43 | top 26.8% | 188 / 632 | |
| 4×4 | 54.41 | 1:02.06 | top 30.1% | 145 / 586 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 24.93 | 29.24 | top 34.1% | 131 / 454 | |
| Megaminx | 1:51.45 | 2:01.03 | top 41.3% | 125 / 288 | |
| 5×5 | 2:36.27 | — | top 68.8% | 196 / 300 | |
| Square-1 | 46.59 | — | early days — 1 solve | 146 / 198 |
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
- 15 Aug 2025Six personal bests in one day at Rubik's Irish Championship 2025.
- 15 Jun 2025First sub-20 3×3: 16.35 at PBs in Phibblestown 2025.
- 15 Jun 2025First sub-15 3×3: 13.68 at PBs in Phibblestown 2025.
- 15 Jun 2025Five personal bests in one day at PBs in Phibblestown 2025.
- 25 Jan 2025Five personal bests in one day at Dublin Winter Solving 2025.
- 12 Oct 2024First sub-30 3×3: 26.09 at Meath for Speed 2024.
Competitions
- Rubik's Irish Championship 2026 · 24 Jul 2026
- UCD Cube Days 2026 · 25 Apr 2026 — 1 personal best set
- TUD Unscramble Day 2026 · 21 Mar 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Dublin Pick 'N' Mix 2026 · 17 Jan 2026
- Rubik's Irish Championship 2025 · 15 Aug 2025 — 6 personal bests set
- PBs in Phibblestown 2025 · 15 Jun 2025 — 5 personal bests set
- UCD Cube Days 2025 · 12 Apr 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Dublin Winter Solving 2025 · 25 Jan 2025 — 5 personal bests set
- Meath for Speed 2024 · 12 Oct 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Dublin Summer Solving 2024 · 17 Aug 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.
- Namuun Natsagdorj — met in 71 rounds, finished ahead once
- Ben Timmons — met in 70 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Prabhav Rajaram Nayak — met in 63 rounds, finished ahead twice
Next targets
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 9,039 people have one; it is 0.42 away.
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,606 people have one; it is 0.41 away.
Targets move as he improves.