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Kai McLean

2×2 · top 3.9% of 186,767 all-time · competing since July 2023 · 2023MCLE09

Kai McLean has been competing for 3 years. Her best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.86, set at Edinburgh Autumn 2025, puts her in the top 3.9% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 281st in the United Kingdom. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 25 competitions since July 2023, she has put 779 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, her 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 54% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. Her 3×3 best has come down from 21.46 in September 2023 to 11.17, a 48% improvement. Kai has entered 25 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 3.9% of 186,767 all-time
1.86
signature single · Edinburgh Autumn 2025
779
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 54% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited Kingdom
2×21.863.63
top 3.9%281 / 4,895
Skewb3.596.91
top 8.3%191 / 2,421
3×311.1714.19
top 11.0%790 / 6,689
3×3 one-handed17.0623.91
top 12.7%244 / 1,851
Pyraminx5.118.52
top 13.9%533 / 3,656
Clock7.879.85
top 14.6%211 / 1,232
4×449.7858.60
top 24.4%529 / 2,071
Square-118.7136.89
top 25.0%237 / 778
5×51:30.711:42.52
top 27.9%362 / 1,151
Megaminx1:33.801:44.52
top 30.6%349 / 966
6×62:59.353:03.70
top 40.8%251 / 548
7×75:25.525:39.55
top 58.4%284 / 459
3×3 Fewest Moves43 moves45.00
top 59.0%245 / 372

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

Glasgow Autumn 2023: 21.46Aberdeen Autumn 2023: 24.27Edinburgh Winter 2024: 22.89Glasgow Spring 2024: 19.27Newcastle Tyneside Spring 2024: 20.96Edinburgh Summer Open 2024: 15.34Edinburgh Winter 2025: 15.02Kewbz Scottish Championship 2025: 15.22Edinburgh Autumn 2025: 13.03Glasgow Autumn Open 2025: 15.41Edinburgh Winter 2026: 12.51Farewell Strathclyde University 2026: 11.1711.1724.2722 Sep 202327 Jun 2026

Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.

The story so far

Competitions

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 her.

Next targets

  • A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.86 away.
  • A sub-3 Skewb single — 3,646 people have one; it is 0.59 away.

Targets move as she improves.