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McCartney Thompson
Skewb · top 4.8% of 73,281 all-time · competing since January 2020 · 2020THOM06
McCartney Thompson has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the Skewb: a personal-best single of 2.95, set at DFW Cubing Summer 2025, puts him in the top 4.8% of the 73,281 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 740th in the United States. Until February 2014, no official Skewb solve in the world had been that fast. Across 17 competitions since January 2020, he has put 454 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 58% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 29.33 in January 2020 to 13.78, a 53% improvement. McCartney has entered 17 competitions, more competitions than 96% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Skewb | 2.95 | 5.31 | top 4.8% | 740 / 18,907 | |
| 3×3 | 13.78 | 17.51 | top 20.2% | 10,874 / 59,724 | |
| Clock | 9.08 | 10.44 | top 20.4% | 1,567 / 8,927 | |
| 2×2 | 3.67 | 4.95 | top 22.3% | 8,750 / 40,951 | |
| Pyraminx | 8.40 | 11.20 | top 39.7% | 11,340 / 28,708 | |
| 4×4 | 1:10.01 | 1:24.75 | top 46.9% | 7,803 / 19,072 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 31.41 | 42.06 | top 49.9% | 6,864 / 15,683 | |
| 5×5 | 2:45.14 | — | top 72.7% | 6,435 / 9,401 | |
| Megaminx | 2:56.67 | — | top 72.9% | 5,672 / 7,841 |
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
- 5 Dec 2025Four personal bests in one day at Texas Championship 2025.
- 21 Jun 2025Three personal bests in one day at DFW Cubing Summer 2025.
- 22 Nov 2024First sub-15 3×3: 13.80 at Texas Championship 2024.
- 22 Nov 2024Five personal bests in one day at Texas Championship 2024.
- 20 Oct 2024First sub-20 3×3: 18.36 at Brazos Cubing Fall 2024.
- 25 Jan 2020First competition: Houston Winter 2020. A 29.33 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Cube Against Cancer Houston 2026 · 18 Apr 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Texas Championship 2025 · 5 Dec 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Space City Fall TX 2025 · 19 Oct 2025
- Houston Back to School 2025 · 9 Aug 2025 — 1 personal best set
- DFW Cubing Summer 2025 · 21 Jun 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Cube More in Taylor 2025 · 1 Jun 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Austin Spring Open 2025 · 10 May 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Brazos Cubing Spring 2025 · 13 Apr 2025
- Cube Against Cancer Houston 2025 · 1 Mar 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Austin Cubing Limits Winter 2025 · 11 Jan 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Space City Winter TX 2025 · 4 Jan 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Texas Championship 2024 · 22 Nov 2024 — 5 personal bests set
- Brazos Cubing Fall 2024 · 20 Oct 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Humble Cube Rumble Summer 2024 · 30 Jun 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Don't Pop Austin 2024 · 2 Jun 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Space City Summer 2023 · 8 Jul 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Houston Winter 2020 · 25 Jan 2020
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.
- Ignacio Montilla — met in 80 rounds, finished ahead 20 times
- Rune Thomas Coulbourne — met in 80 rounds, finished ahead 15 times
- Ryan Pilat — met in 76 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-2 Skewb single — 1,013 people have one; it is 0.95 away.
- A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 1.78 away.
Targets move as he improves.