People · United States
Jack McGinty
3×3 · top 3.2% of 284,439 all-time · competing since June 2019 · 2019MCGI04
Jack McGinty has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.24, set at UCLA Summer 2025, puts him in the top 3.2% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,828th in the United States. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 20 competitions since June 2019, he has put 616 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 71% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 33.68 in June 2019 to 8.24, a 76% improvement. Jack has entered 20 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 8.24 | 10.02 | top 3.2% | 1,828 / 59,724 | |
| 2×2 | 2.12 | 3.78 | top 5.6% | 2,232 / 40,951 | |
| Megaminx | 52.55 | 57.43 | top 6.2% | 446 / 7,841 | |
| Pyraminx | 3.87 | 7.80 | top 7.0% | 1,788 / 28,708 | |
| 4×4 | 36.68 | 39.41 | top 8.3% | 1,259 / 19,072 | |
| Square-1 | 12.36 | 27.31 | top 10.6% | 744 / 6,743 | |
| Skewb | 4.33 | 7.60 | top 13.2% | 2,047 / 18,907 | |
| Clock | 9.15 | 10.47 | top 20.8% | 1,596 / 8,927 | |
| 5×5 | 1:22.38 | 1:29.61 | top 21.0% | 1,632 / 9,401 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 24.59 | 29.28 | top 33.1% | 4,337 / 15,683 | |
| 7×7 | 4:45.42 | 5:23.16 | top 46.3% | 1,345 / 3,184 | |
| 6×6 | 3:12.65 | 3:22.08 | top 47.1% | 1,760 / 4,196 |
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
- 20 Jul 2025Four personal bests in one day at UCLA Summer 2025.
- 3 Jul 2025Six personal bests in one day at Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025.
- 2 Aug 2024Eight personal bests in one day at CubingUSA Western Championship 2024.
- 14 Jul 2024Three personal bests in one day at Nub Open Mission Viejo Summer 2024.
- 20 Apr 2024Four personal bests in one day at Nub Open Yucaipa 2024.
- 6 Apr 2024First sub-10 3×3: 9.68 at Santa Barbara Cubing 2024.
Competitions
- Temecula Valley Spring 2026 · 7 Mar 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Super Duper San Diego 2026 · 9 Jan 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- UCLA Summer 2025 · 20 Jul 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025 · 3 Jul 2025 — 6 personal bests set
- CubingUSA Western Championship 2024 · 2 Aug 2024 — 8 personal bests set
- Nub Open Mission Viejo Summer 2024 · 14 Jul 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Agoura Cubing Returns 2024 · 15 Jun 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Nub Open Yucaipa 2024 · 20 Apr 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- Santa Barbara Cubing 2024 · 6 Apr 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Fullerton Winter 2024 · 24 Feb 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Jurupa Valley Cubing Fall 2023 · 15 Oct 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Irvine Fall 2023 · 24 Sep 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Corona Summer 2023 · 2 Sep 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Santa Ana Summer A 2023 · 19 Aug 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Agoura Cubing Again 2023 · 22 Jul 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Rialto Cubing Summer 2023 · 8 Jul 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Pride in Long Beach 2023 · 11 Jun 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- Mudd Winter 2020 · 22 Feb 2020 — 4 personal bests set
- Santa Barbara Fall 2019 · 28 Sep 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- CubingUSA Western Championship 2019 · 22 Jun 2019
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.
- Shane Grogan — met in 105 rounds, finished ahead 16 times
- Kyeongmin Choi (최경민) — met in 96 rounds, never finished ahead
- Alex Lehman — met in 91 rounds, finished ahead 49 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.24 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.12 away.
Targets move as he improves.