People · Canada
Kevin McGaire
3×3 · top 4.2% of 284,439 all-time · competing since April 2014 · 2014MCGA01
Kevin McGaire has been competing for 12 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.72, set at Kitchener Mini Morning 2024, puts him in the top 4.2% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 402nd in Canada. Until May 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 23 competitions since April 2014, he has put 511 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 63% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 21.78 in April 2014 to 8.72, a 60% improvement. Kevin has entered 23 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 | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 8.72 | 11.23 | top 4.2% | 402 / 10,392 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 18.77 | 22.31 | top 17.2% | 363 / 2,620 | |
| 2×2 | 3.30 | 5.41 | top 17.8% | 1,188 / 7,173 | |
| 4×4 | 45.42 | 47.46 | top 18.8% | 479 / 3,118 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 33 moves | 35.00 | top 23.4% | 68 / 283 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.74 | 8.59 | top 25.7% | 1,099 / 4,858 | |
| 5×5 | 1:51.08 | 2:15.08 | top 43.3% | 546 / 1,499 | |
| 3×3 Multi-Blind | 4 of 4 cubes · 32:19 | — | early days — 1 solve | 46 / 112 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 2:58.73 | — | top 52.1% | 191 / 351 | |
| Megaminx | 3:15.38 | — | early days — 2 solves | 1,001 / 1,375 |
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 Sep 2017Three personal bests in one day at Battle of Waterloo 2017.
- 19 Aug 2017Three personal bests in one day at Michigan 2017.
- 25 Mar 2017First sub-10 3×3: 9.77 at London Limited Spring 2017.
- 25 Mar 2017Four personal bests in one day at London Limited Spring 2017.
- 14 Mar 2015First sub-15 3×3: 11.55 at Toronto Open Winter 2015.
- 14 Mar 2015Six personal bests in one day at Toronto Open Winter 2015.
Competitions
- Kitchener Mini Morning 2024 · 19 Oct 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Southern Ontario Summer - Waterloo 2023 · 24 Jun 2023
- FMC Americas 2018 · 4 Nov 2018
- Battle of Waterloo 2018 · 21 Jul 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Niagara Select 2018 · 7 Apr 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Pickering Spring 2018 · 24 Mar 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Battle of Waterloo 2017 · 23 Sep 2017 — 3 personal bests set
- Michigan 2017 · 19 Aug 2017 — 3 personal bests set
- Newmarket Open 2017 · 17 Jun 2017 — 1 personal best set
- London Limited Spring 2017 · 25 Mar 2017 — 4 personal bests set
- Toronto Limited Summer 2016 · 20 Aug 2016 — 2 personal bests set
- Newmarket Open 2016 · 18 Jun 2016
- Michigan Cubing Club Delta 2015 · 19 Dec 2015 — 1 personal best set
- Toronto Open Fall 2015 · 28 Nov 2015
- Michigan 2015 · 10 Jul 2015 — 2 personal bests set
- Canadian Open 2015 · 6 Jun 2015 — 2 personal bests set
- Michigan Cubing Club Beta 2015 · 4 Apr 2015 — 1 personal best set
- Toronto Open Winter 2015 · 14 Mar 2015 — 6 personal bests set
- Toronto Open Fall 2014 · 22 Nov 2014 — 1 personal best set
- Toronto Open Summer 2014 · 9 Aug 2014 — 4 personal bests set
- Michigan 2014 · 12 Jul 2014 — 1 personal best set
- Michigan May Madness 2014 · 10 May 2014 — 1 personal best set
- Toronto Open Spring 2014 · 26 Apr 2014
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.
- Jonathan Esparaz — met in 84 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
- Ryan Minjun Cho — met in 83 rounds, finished ahead 20 times
- Bill Wang — met in 82 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.72 away.
- A sub-15 3×3 one-handed single — 5,987 people have one; it is 3.77 away.
Targets move as he improves.