People · Australia
Finn McGhee
3×3 · top 4.1% of 288,433 all-time · competing since March 2023 · 2023MCGH02
Finn McGhee has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.64, set at Cubing at The Cube 2026, puts him in the top 4.1% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 388th in Australia. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 14 competitions since March 2023, he has put 245 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 57% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 43.29 in March 2023 to 8.64, an 80% improvement. Finn 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 | Australia | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 8.64 | 11.22 | top 4.1% | 388 / 11,943 | |
| 2×2 | 2.30 | 3.47 | top 7.1% | 544 / 8,727 | |
| Skewb | 4.86 | 7.13 | top 17.1% | 458 / 3,589 | |
| Pyraminx | 7.18 | 9.40 | top 29.3% | 1,546 / 6,109 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 23.34 | 24.57 | top 29.8% | 678 / 2,685 | |
| 4×4 | 54.12 | 1:03.21 | top 29.8% | 789 / 3,108 | |
| Clock | 14.22 | 16.03 | top 44.8% | 486 / 1,159 | |
| Megaminx | 2:00.82 | 2:18.78 | top 46.2% | 573 / 1,313 | |
| 5×5 | 2:09.86 | — | early days — 2 solves | 788 / 1,412 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 51 moves | — | early days — 1 solve | 358 / 474 |
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 Jan 2026Four personal bests in one day at Cubing at The Cube 2026.
- 23 Aug 2025First sub-10 3×3: 9.86 at Tramsheds VI: Winter Saturday 2025.
- 23 Aug 2025Three personal bests in one day at Tramsheds VI: Winter Saturday 2025.
- 18 May 2024First sub-15 3×3: 12.68 at Tramsheds II: May Saturday 2024.
- 6 Jan 2024First sub-20 3×3: 19.45 at Cubing at The Cube 2024.
- 21 May 2023First sub-30 3×3: 22.10 at Marrickville Mega May Open 2023.
Competitions
- Sydney Cubing Decathlon 2026 · 2 Oct 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Tramsheds VIII: Summer Sides 2026 · 1 Feb 2026
- Cubing at The Cube 2026 · 10 Jan 2026 — 4 personal bests set
- Tramsheds VII: Spring Saturday 2025 · 8 Nov 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Tramsheds VI: Winter Saturday 2025 · 23 Aug 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Tramsheds V: Autumn Saturday 2025 · 17 May 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Tramsheds II: May Saturday 2024 · 18 May 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Tramsheds I: Newcomer Saturday 2024 · 2 Mar 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Cubing at The Cube 2024 · 6 Jan 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Sydney Summer 2023 · 16 Dec 2023
- Cubing at Tramsheds Saturday 2023 · 26 Aug 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Warm Up Sydney Saturday 2023 · 15 Jul 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Marrickville Mega May Open 2023 · 21 May 2023 — 1 personal best set
- North Sydney Cube Day 2023 · 5 Mar 2023
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.
- Bryan Eng — met in 46 rounds, never finished ahead
- Sora Sato — met in 46 rounds, never finished ahead
- Kent Thomson — met in 45 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 0.64 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 9,039 people have one; it is 0.30 away.
Targets move as he improves.