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Malcolm Geldmacher

2×2 · top 11.3% of 186,767 all-time · competing since January 2017 · 2017GELD01

Malcolm Geldmacher has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.73, set at Utah Newcomers 2025, puts him in the top 11.3% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 4,435th in the United States. Across 23 competitions since January 2017, he has put 558 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 85% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 34.82 in January 2017 to 13.17, a 62% improvement. Malcolm has entered 23 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 11.3% of 186,767 all-time
2.73
signature single · Utah Newcomers 2025
558
official solves on the record
15%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 85% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
2×22.735.37
top 11.3%4,435 / 40,951
3×313.1716.07
top 18.0%9,647 / 59,724
Square-116.3233.24
top 19.4%1,310 / 6,743
Pyraminx6.6410.06
top 24.9%6,809 / 28,708
Skewb6.2011.12
top 27.3%4,453 / 18,907
4×458.401:10.51
top 34.8%5,592 / 19,072
Clock13.2815.60
top 40.8%3,256 / 8,927
3×3 one-handed30.3739.47
top 47.5%6,467 / 15,683
5×52:27.242:32.03
top 64.5%5,603 / 9,401
Megaminx2:38.92—
top 65.5%5,006 / 7,841
3×3 blindfolded7:35.93—
early days — 1 solve1,954 / 2,092

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

Utah Cubing for Charity 2017: 34.82Utah Megacomp II 2017: 29.47Utah Speedcube Speedoff 2017: 22.00Utah Winter Open 2018: 20.98Idaho Spudcubing 2018: 15.45Utah Valley Open 2019: 19.06Utah Spring Open 2019: 16.58Utah's April Surprise 2019: 16.74Resticker Utah 2019: 14.99Perfect Vision Provo 2020: 17.37Utah Championship 2022: 18.39Utah Ice Cubing 2023: 14.22Utah Megacomp 2023: 14.46Utah Snowball Bash 2023: 15.58Utah Puzzling for Awareness 2024: 17.07Utah Ice Cubing 2025: 14.71Utah Newcomers 2025: 14.17Rexburg Rumble 2025: 14.65Utah Speedcubing Pride 2025: 13.17Back to School Utah 2025: 13.99Utah State University Fall 2025: 14.44Utah Championship 2025: 15.70Davis County Showdown 2026: 14.0813.1734.8221 Jan 201713 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 his.

  • Damian Wilding — met in 123 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
  • Isaac Myers — met in 118 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
  • Cade Beck — met in 105 rounds, finished ahead 4 times

Next targets

  • A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.73 away.
  • A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 1.17 away.

Targets move as he improves.