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Gene Mackenzie
Pyraminx · top 18.5% of 129,321 all-time · competing since January 2023 · 2023MACK03
Gene Mackenzie has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 5.80, set at Tramsheds I: Newcomer Sunday 2024, puts him in the top 18.5% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 919th in Australia. Across 7 competitions since January 2023, he has put 116 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one, an early reading from 8 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 40.70 in January 2023 to 22.33, a 45% improvement. Gene 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 | Australia | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 5.80 | 11.48 | top 18.5% | 919 / 5,993 | |
| 3×3 | 22.33 | 24.85 | top 46.3% | 4,736 / 11,709 | |
| 2×2 | 5.97 | 7.02 | top 50.6% | 4,020 / 8,567 | |
| Skewb | 14.34 | 19.40 | top 76.1% | 2,621 / 3,534 | |
| Clock | 31.79 | — | early days — 2 solves | 940 / 1,095 |
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
- 21 May 2023First sub-30 3×3: 28.78 at Marrickville Mini May Open 2023.
- 21 May 2023Three personal bests in one day at Marrickville Mini May Open 2023.
- 22 Jan 2023First competition: Cubing at The Cube Sunday 2023. A 40.70 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- NSW State Championship 2025 · 26 Apr 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Sydney Spring Saturday 2024 · 16 Nov 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Tramsheds I: Newcomer Sunday 2024 · 3 Mar 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Simple Sydney Sunday 2023 · 10 Sep 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Marrickville Mini May Open 2023 · 21 May 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- North Sydney Cube Day 2023 · 5 Mar 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Cubing at The Cube Sunday 2023 · 22 Jan 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.
- Sebastian Lee — met in 24 rounds, never finished ahead
- Aron Stapleton — met in 19 rounds, never finished ahead
- Rupert Rust — met in 18 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-5 Pyraminx single — 17,019 people have one; it is 0.80 away.
- A sub-20 3×3 single — 113,584 people have one; it is 2.33 away.
Targets move as he improves.