People · Australia
John McGill
3×3 · top 8.7% of 284,439 all-time · competing since December 2018 · 2018MCGI03
John McGill has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.42, set at Melbourne Summer 2020, puts him in the top 8.7% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 781st in Australia. Until February 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 10 competitions since December 2018, he has put 312 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 74% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 20.96 in December 2018 to 10.42, a 50% improvement. John has entered ten competitions, more competitions than 92% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Australia | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 10.42 | 12.88 | top 8.7% | 781 / 11,709 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.54 | 7.34 | top 10.5% | 483 / 5,993 | |
| 2×2 | 2.95 | 3.97 | top 13.7% | 1,050 / 8,567 | |
| 4×4 | 49.15 | 51.88 | top 23.7% | 588 / 3,051 | |
| 5×5 | 1:31.41 | 1:51.16 | top 28.5% | 382 / 1,356 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 23.08 | 30.08 | top 29.0% | 658 / 2,659 | |
| Skewb | 6.69 | 8.22 | top 31.2% | 869 / 3,534 | |
| Square-1 | 33.30 | — | early days — 1 solve | 545 / 899 | |
| Megaminx | 2:33.67 | — | top 63.0% | 815 / 1,277 |
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
- 25 Jan 2020Four personal bests in one day at Melbourne Summer 2020.
- 5 Oct 2019Five personal bests in one day at Altona Algorithms 2019.
- 18 May 2019Five personal bests in one day at Koalafication Melbourne 2019.
- 28 Apr 2019First sub-15 3×3: 11.61 at Cube for Cambodia 2019.
- 28 Apr 2019Five personal bests in one day at Cube for Cambodia 2019.
- 13 Apr 2019First sub-20 3×3: 15.73 at Solving in Sale 2019.
Competitions
- Bendigo Cube Blitz 2020 · 23 Feb 2020 — 1 personal best set
- Melbourne Summer 2020 · 25 Jan 2020 — 4 personal bests set
- Surf Coast Cubing 2019 · 29 Dec 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Altona Algorithms 2019 · 5 Oct 2019 — 5 personal bests set
- WCA World Championship 2019 · 11 Jul 2019
- Koalafication Melbourne 2019 · 18 May 2019 — 5 personal bests set
- Cube for Cambodia 2019 · 28 Apr 2019 — 5 personal bests set
- Solving in Sale 2019 · 13 Apr 2019 — 7 personal bests set
- Hobart Open 2019 · 9 Mar 2019
- Melbourne Cube Days 2018 · 8 Dec 2018 — 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.
- Sebastian Outh-Aut — met in 65 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
- Riley Dexter — met in 64 rounds, finished ahead once
- David Edwards — met in 63 rounds, finished ahead 53 times
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.42 away.
- A sub-4 Pyraminx single — 9,892 people have one; it is 0.54 away.
Targets move as he improves.