People · Ireland
Gerard McAteer
3×3 · top 2.8% of 284,439 all-time · competing since July 2016 · 2016MCAT01
Gerard McAteer has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.02, set at Cubing in Cill Chainnigh 2019, puts him in the top 2.8% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 52nd in Ireland. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 15 competitions since July 2016, he has put 718 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 52% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 11.96 in July 2016 to 8.02, a 33% improvement. Gerard has entered 15 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 | Ireland | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 8.02 | 9.71 | top 2.8% | 52 / 1,427 | |
| 4×4 | 35.51 | 45.61 | top 7.2% | 44 / 579 | |
| 2×2 | 2.37 | 3.45 | top 7.7% | 117 / 1,163 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 15.12 | 20.61 | top 8.3% | 29 / 448 | |
| 5×5 | 1:19.99 | 1:24.71 | top 19.1% | 61 / 296 | |
| Square-1 | 19.92 | 37.39 | top 27.8% | 63 / 194 | |
| 6×6 | 2:49.05 | 3:00.72 | top 35.6% | 51 / 142 | |
| 7×7 | 4:30.41 | 5:01.18 | top 41.2% | 46 / 108 | |
| Pyraminx | 12.09 | 19.28 | top 67.8% | 663 / 911 | |
| Skewb | 17.10 | 28.71 | top 84.2% | 551 / 624 | |
| Clock | 39.56 | — | early days — 2 solves | 308 / 331 |
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
- 2 Nov 2019Four personal bests in one day at Every Event Éire 2019.
- 31 Aug 2019Four personal bests in one day at Cubing in Cill Chainnigh 2019.
- 22 Jun 2019Nine personal bests in one day at Irish Championship 2019.
- 13 Apr 2019Three personal bests in one day at Cork Open 2019.
- 2 Dec 2017Three personal bests in one day at Dublin Open 2017.
- 23 Sep 2017Three personal bests in one day at Guildford Open 2017.
Competitions
- Belfast Winter 2023 · 14 Jan 2023
- Irish Championship 2022 · 4 Nov 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Dublin Open Saturday 2022 · 20 Aug 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Tuam Re-Open Saturday 2021 · 27 Nov 2021
- Don't DNF Dublin 2020 · 7 Mar 2020
- Every Event Éire 2019 · 2 Nov 2019 — 4 personal bests set
- Cubing in Cill Chainnigh 2019 · 31 Aug 2019 — 4 personal bests set
- Irish Championship 2019 · 22 Jun 2019 — 9 personal bests set
- Cork Open 2019 · 13 Apr 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Irish Championship 2018 · 14 Jul 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Dublin Open 2017 · 2 Dec 2017 — 3 personal bests set
- Guildford Open 2017 · 23 Sep 2017 — 3 personal bests set
- Irish Championship 2017 · 24 Jun 2017 — 4 personal bests set
- UK Championship 2016 · 4 Nov 2016 — 8 personal bests set
- European Rubik's Cube Championship 2016 · 15 Jul 2016
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.
- Ciarán Beahan — met in 135 rounds, finished ahead once
- Callum Hales-Jepp — met in 121 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
- Richard Madden — met in 90 rounds, finished ahead 34 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.02 away.
- A sub-30 4×4 single — 2,388 people have one; it is 5.51 away.
Targets move as he improves.