People · New Zealand
Jay McElwee
3×3 · top 7.8% of 284,439 all-time · competing since September 2024 · 2024MCEL06
Jay McElwee has been competing for a year. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.13, set at NZ North Island Championship 2025, puts him in the top 7.8% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 171st in New Zealand. Until May 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 4 competitions since September 2024, he has put 173 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one, an early reading from 6 counted rounds. Jay has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% 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 | 10.13 | 13.44 | top 7.8% | 171 / 2,095 | |
| 2×2 | 2.78 | 4.28 | top 11.8% | 231 / 1,615 | |
| Clock | 7.45 | 8.83 | top 12.8% | 63 / 303 | |
| 5×5 | 1:15.32 | 1:34.80 | top 15.6% | 62 / 355 | |
| Square-1 | 17.70 | 23.15 | top 22.6% | 66 / 251 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 20.82 | 31.06 | top 22.8% | 129 / 600 | |
| 4×4 | 48.85 | 49.88 | top 23.2% | 163 / 722 | |
| Skewb | 6.50 | 9.51 | top 29.7% | 224 / 666 | |
| Megaminx | 1:33.18 | 1:44.59 | top 30.2% | 110 / 283 | |
| 6×6 | 3:17.95 | — | early days — 2 solves | 86 / 149 | |
| 7×7 | 4:57.24 | 5:11.55 | early days — 3 solves | 77 / 126 | |
| Pyraminx | 10.30 | 14.54 | top 55.4% | 703 / 1,141 |
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, 2×2. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 11 Jul 2025Six personal bests in one day at NZ North Island Championship 2025.
- 12 Oct 2024Three personal bests in one day at Springing into Auckland 2024.
- 28 Sep 2024First competition: New Zealand Cubing Decathlon 2024. A 11.68 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- NZ North Island Championship 2025 · 11 Jul 2025 — 6 personal bests set
- Puzzling Papatoetoe 2025 · 10 May 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Springing into Auckland 2024 · 12 Oct 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- New Zealand Cubing Decathlon 2024 · 28 Sep 2024 — 1 personal best set
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.
- Edwin Shen — met in 36 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Brandon Harris — met in 36 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Ram Thakkar (राम ठक्कर) — met in 35 rounds, finished ahead 11 times
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.13 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.78 away.
Targets move as he improves.