People · New Zealand
Magnus Clouston
2×2 · top 2.8% of 186,767 all-time · competing since May 2024 · 2024CLOU02
Magnus Clouston has been competing for 2 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.64, set at Canberra Spring 2024, puts him in the top 2.8% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 81st in New Zealand. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 4 competitions since May 2024, he has put 111 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, an early reading from 8 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 17.45 in May 2024 to 10.65, a 39% improvement. Magnus 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 | New Zealand | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 1.64 | 4.13 | top 2.8% | 81 / 1,615 | |
| Pyraminx | 3.57 | 7.23 | top 5.8% | 97 / 1,141 | |
| 3×3 | 10.65 | 13.21 | top 9.4% | 207 / 2,095 | |
| Skewb | 5.99 | 8.78 | top 25.6% | 194 / 666 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 23.42 | 24.30 | top 29.9% | 161 / 600 | |
| Megaminx | 1:50.73 | — | top 40.8% | 132 / 283 | |
| Clock | 14.60 | 17.70 | top 46.3% | 162 / 303 | |
| 4×4 | 1:16.01 | 1:27.46 | top 52.5% | 352 / 722 | |
| 5×5 | 2:31.43 | — | early days — 2 solves | 236 / 355 |
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
- 11 Jan 2025Three personal bests in one day at Cubing at The Cube 2025.
- 5 Oct 2024First sub-15 3×3: 13.33 at Canberra Spring 2024.
- 5 Oct 2024Three personal bests in one day at Canberra Spring 2024.
- 5 May 2024First competition: Capital Cubing in Canberra Sunday 2024. A 17.73 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Cubing at The Cube 2025 · 11 Jan 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Canberra Spring 2024 · 5 Oct 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Chilling in Canberra Sunday 2024 · 23 Jun 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Capital Cubing in Canberra Sunday 2024 · 5 May 2024 — 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.
- Peri Le Dain — met in 24 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Edward Rust — met in 22 rounds, never finished ahead
- Mark Botros — met in 21 rounds, finished ahead 13 times
Next targets
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.64 away.
- A sub-3 Pyraminx single — 4,700 people have one; it is 0.57 away.
Targets move as he improves.