People · United States
Liam McPherson
3×3 · top 12.5% of 284,439 all-time · competing since January 2023 · 2023MCPH01
Liam McPherson has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 11.59, set at Solving in Savannah 2026, puts him in the top 12.5% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 6,706th in the United States. Across 4 competitions since January 2023, he has put 68 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 21% around a typical one, an early reading from 6 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 14.18 in January 2023 to 11.59, an 18% improvement. Liam 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 | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 11.59 | 14.33 | top 12.5% | 6,706 / 59,724 | |
| 2×2 | 3.10 | 5.71 | top 15.4% | 6,032 / 40,951 | |
| 4×4 | 58.76 | 1:08.79 | top 35.1% | 5,658 / 19,072 | |
| Pyraminx | 8.65 | 12.50 | top 41.8% | 11,990 / 28,708 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 38.36 | 47.81 | top 62.9% | 8,893 / 15,683 | |
| Skewb | 12.57 | 17.88 | top 68.8% | 12,936 / 18,907 | |
| 6×6 | 5:08.33 | 5:44.72 | early days — 3 solves | 3,359 / 4,196 |
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
- 26 Apr 2025Three personal bests in one day at The Battle of Lexington Semiquincentennial 2025.
- 28 Jan 2023First competition: Utah Ice Cubing 2023. A 15.89 3×3 single to start from.
- 28 Jan 2023First sub-15 3×3: 14.18 at Utah Ice Cubing 2023.
Competitions
- Solving in Savannah 2026 · 7 Feb 2026 — 1 personal best set
- The Battle of Lexington Semiquincentennial 2025 · 26 Apr 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- CubingUSA Southeast Championship 2023 · 15 Apr 2023
- Utah Ice Cubing 2023 · 28 Jan 2023 — 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.
- Anish Premnath — met in 6 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Katie Hull — met in 6 rounds, never finished ahead
- Justin Barker — met in 6 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 1.59 away.
- A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.10 away.
Targets move as he improves.