People · United States
Jonathan McAnliffe
3×3 · top 3.8% of 288,433 all-time · competing since April 2016 · 2016MCAN02
Jonathan McAnliffe has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.52, set at Saint Mike's Cube Fest VT 2025, puts him in the top 3.8% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,159th in the United States. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 6 competitions since April 2016, he has put 168 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 52% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 21.52 in April 2016 to 8.52, a 60% improvement. Jonathan has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% 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 | 8.52 | 9.91 | top 3.8% | 2,159 / 60,666 | |
| 2×2 | 3.06 | 5.01 | top 15.0% | 5,968 / 41,674 | |
| 4×4 | 45.61 | 52.41 | top 19.2% | 2,938 / 19,354 | |
| Pyraminx | 7.27 | 9.20 | top 30.1% | 8,482 / 29,168 | |
| 5×5 | 1:34.15 | 1:40.30 | top 30.8% | 2,469 / 9,537 | |
| Skewb | 9.95 | 12.29 | top 54.7% | 10,057 / 19,164 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 34.94 | 36.95 | top 57.3% | 8,086 / 15,900 | |
| 7×7 | 6:06.27 | 6:23.88 | early days — 3 solves | 2,156 / 3,236 |
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
- 23 Aug 2025First sub-10 3×3: 9.57 at Burlington Cube Day 2025.
- 10 Dec 2017First sub-20 3×3: 13.24 at Cubing with the Viking 2017.
- 10 Dec 2017First sub-15 3×3: 13.24 at Cubing with the Viking 2017.
- 9 Apr 2016First competition: New Hampshire Open 2016. A 21.52 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- WPI Spring 2026 · 2 May 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Saint Mike's Cube Fest VT 2025 · 8 Nov 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Burlington Cube Day 2025 · 23 Aug 2025 — 1 personal best set
- CubingUSA Nationals 2019 · 1 Aug 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Cubing with the Viking 2017 · 10 Dec 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- New Hampshire Open 2016 · 9 Apr 2016 — 2 personal bests 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.
- Jesse Mailloux — met in 31 rounds, finished ahead 14 times
- Derek White — met in 26 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Kevin Veronneau — met in 18 rounds, finished ahead 13 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 0.52 away.
- A sub-3 2×2 single — 27,049 people have one; it is 0.06 away.
Targets move as he improves.