People · New Zealand
Jack McDougall
3×3 · top 0.14% of 284,439 all-time · competing since October 2020 · 2020MCDO01
Jack McDougall has been competing for 6 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 5.09, set at NZ North Island Championship 2026, puts him in the top 0.14% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 8th in New Zealand. Until November 2015, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 56 competitions since October 2020, he has put 3,710 official solves on the record across 17 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 61% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 19.25 in October 2020 to 5.09, a 74% improvement. Jack has entered 56 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | New Zealand | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 5.09 | 7.08 | top 0.14% | 8 / 2,095 | |
| 2×2 | 0.72 | 1.43 | top 0.14% | 10 / 1,615 | |
| Pyraminx | 1.24 | 2.81 | top 0.17% | 8 / 1,141 | |
| Skewb | 1.45 | 2.64 | top 0.38% | 3 / 666 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 19 moves | 21.67 | top 0.45% | 1 / 111 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 16.66 | 22.70 | top 0.57% | 1 / 86 | |
| 4×4 blindfolded | 1:30.76 | 2:32.73 | top 0.87% | 1 / 23 | |
| Clock | 3.17 | 3.70 | top 0.99% | 8 / 303 | |
| 4×4 | 26.79 | 30.96 | top 1.3% | 17 / 722 | |
| Megaminx | 39.41 | 43.16 | top 1.4% | 10 / 283 | |
| Square-1 | 7.04 | 8.81 | top 1.9% | 10 / 251 | |
| 5×5 | 51.34 | 55.36 | top 2.2% | 16 / 355 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 11.67 | 15.20 | top 2.6% | 29 / 600 | |
| 3×3 Multi-Blind | 22 of 22 cubes · 52:22 | — | top 3.7% | 4 / 49 | |
| 5×5 blindfolded | 4:50.41 | 6:34.84 | top 3.7% | 2 / 11 | |
| 6×6 | 1:45.36 | 1:56.49 | top 5.6% | 15 / 149 | |
| 7×7 | 2:50.04 | 2:59.63 | top 7.9% | 15 / 126 |
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 Jul 2026Four personal bests in one day at GAN New Zealand Nationals 2026.
- 27 Feb 2026Six personal bests in one day at NZ North Island Championship 2026.
- 10 Jan 2026Four personal bests in one day at Hurry Up Hutt Valley 2026.
- 12 Dec 2025Five personal bests in one day at New Zealand Nationals 2025.
- 23 Aug 2025Four personal bests in one day at Solve Well in Wellington 2025.
- 11 Jul 2025Six personal bests in one day at NZ North Island Championship 2025.
Competitions
- GAN New Zealand Nationals 2026 · 10 Jul 2026 — 4 personal bests set
- More Cubes Kelburn 2026 · 21 Jun 2026
- FMC World 2026 · 20 Jun 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Wellington Autumn 2026 · 23 May 2026
- NZ Cubing Heptathlon 2026 · 29 Mar 2026 — 1 personal best set
- NZ North Island Championship 2026 · 27 Feb 2026 — 6 personal bests set
- Wellington Mind Games 2026 · 31 Jan 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Hurry Up Hutt Valley 2026 · 10 Jan 2026 — 4 personal bests set
- FMC under the Mistletoe 2025 · 20 Dec 2025 — 1 personal best set
- New Zealand Nationals 2025 · 12 Dec 2025 — 5 personal bests set
- FMC New Zealand 2025 · 6 Dec 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Wellington Spring 2025 · 22 Nov 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Hasty Hastings 2025 · 27 Sep 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- NZ Cubing in the Capital 2025 · 13 Sep 2025
- Solve Well in Wellington 2025 · 23 Aug 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- NZ North Island Championship 2025 · 11 Jul 2025 — 6 personal bests set
- Wellington Winter 2025 · 21 Jun 2025
- More Cubes Karori 2025 · 18 May 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Wellington Skewb Showdown 2025 · 17 May 2025 — 5 personal bests set
- Johnsonville FTOpen 2025 · 8 Mar 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Wellington Mind Games 2025 · 26 Jan 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Just Solve in Johnsonville 2025 · 25 Jan 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- New Zealand Nationals 2024 · 13 Dec 2024 — 6 personal bests set
- Rubik's WCA Oceanic Championship FMC 2024 · 7 Dec 2024
- Hasty Hastings 2024 · 23 Nov 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Kubing in Kapiti 2024 · 9 Nov 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Only Cubes in Wellington 2024 · 14 Sep 2024 — 6 personal bests set
- NZ North Island Championship 2024 · 19 Jul 2024 — 11 personal bests set
- FMC 2024 · 1 Jun 2024
- Solve Well In Wellington 2024 · 1 Jun 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Fast Solves in Fendalton 2024 · 18 May 2024 — 8 personal bests set
- Palmerston North 2024 · 4 May 2024 — 8 personal bests set
- Welcome to Wellington 2024 · 30 Mar 2024
- Lyttelton Summer 2024 · 18 Feb 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Christchurch Mind Games 2024 · 17 Feb 2024 — 1 personal best set
- New Zealand Nationals 2023 · 8 Dec 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- FMC New Zealand 2023 · 19 Nov 2023
- NZ North Island Championship 2023 · 27 Oct 2023 — 5 personal bests set
- Half Turns Hataitai 2023 · 7 Oct 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Cashmere Open 2023 · 27 May 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Palmerston North 2023 · 16 Apr 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- Wellington Summer 2023 · 18 Feb 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- New Zealand Nationals 2022 · 9 Dec 2022 — 5 personal bests set
- FMC New Zealand 2022 · 26 Nov 2022
- Opawa Open 2022 · 10 Sep 2022 — 5 personal bests set
- NZ North Island Championship 2022 · 2 Sep 2022 — 4 personal bests set
- Puzzling Porirua 2022 · 11 Jun 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Twisty Taranaki 2022 · 23 Apr 2022 — 6 personal bests set
- Palmerston North 2022 · 19 Feb 2022 — 5 personal bests set
- Wellington Mind Games 2022 · 29 Jan 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Lyttelton Spring 2021 · 27 Nov 2021 — 8 personal bests set
- NZ North Island Championship 2021 · 13 Aug 2021 — 5 personal bests set
- Palmerston North 2021 · 15 May 2021 — 7 personal bests set
- NZ South Island Championship 2021 · 17 Apr 2021 — 6 personal bests set
- Wellington Mind Games 2021 · 6 Feb 2021 — 2 personal bests set
- Welcome Back Wellington 2020 · 24 Oct 2020
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.
- Jack Maddigan — met in 656 rounds, finished ahead 521 times · head to head
- Aneurin Hunt — met in 635 rounds, finished ahead 570 times
- Liam Wadek — met in 451 rounds, finished ahead 361 times
Next targets
- A sub-5 3×3 single — 344 people have one; it is 0.09 away.
- A sub-1 Pyraminx single — 49 people have one; it is 0.24 away.
Targets move as he improves.