People · Australia
McEwan Barton-Johnson
Pyraminx · top 1.1% of 129,321 all-time · competing since December 2019 · 2019BART16
McEwan Barton-Johnson has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 1.98, set at Solving in Sale 2023, puts him in the top 1.1% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 62nd in Australia. Until July 2011, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 21 competitions since December 2019, he has put 792 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 69% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 17.80 in December 2019 to 8.11, a 54% improvement. McEwan has entered 21 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 | Australia | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 1.98 | 4.74 | top 1.1% | 62 / 5,993 | |
| 2×2 | 1.35 | 3.07 | top 1.5% | 145 / 8,567 | |
| 3×3 | 8.11 | 10.30 | top 3.0% | 291 / 11,709 | |
| Square-1 | 12.47 | 17.84 | top 10.8% | 113 / 899 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 17.36 | 21.11 | top 13.5% | 305 / 2,659 | |
| Skewb | 4.49 | 6.29 | top 14.4% | 375 / 3,534 | |
| 4×4 | 44.47 | 50.36 | top 17.6% | 432 / 3,051 | |
| Megaminx | 1:20.85 | 1:24.24 | top 22.4% | 272 / 1,277 | |
| Clock | 10.69 | 13.05 | top 28.5% | 299 / 1,095 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 37 moves | 42.00 | top 37.3% | 173 / 468 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 3:30.69 | — | top 61.2% | 271 / 394 | |
| 5×5 | 2:27.96 | — | top 64.8% | 903 / 1,356 |
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
- 3 Jun 2023Three personal bests in one day at Side N Blind Narre Warren 2023.
- 15 Apr 2023Five personal bests in one day at Solving in Sale 2023.
- 18 Mar 2023Three personal bests in one day at Speedcubing at Seaworks 2023.
- 20 Jan 2023First sub-10 3×3: 9.67 at Melbourne Summer 2023.
- 20 Jan 2023Seven personal bests in one day at Melbourne Summer 2023.
- 15 Dec 2022Seven personal bests in one day at Rubik's WCA Oceanic Championship 2022.
Competitions
- Kensington May Sunday 2024 · 12 May 2024
- Cranbourne Spring Sunday 2023 · 10 Sep 2023
- Side N Blind Narre Warren 2023 · 3 Jun 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Solving in Sale 2023 · 15 Apr 2023 — 5 personal bests set
- Speedcubing at Seaworks 2023 · 18 Mar 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Brilliant Ballarat 2023 · 25 Feb 2023
- Kensington Summer Sunday 2023 · 12 Feb 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Melbourne Summer 2023 · 20 Jan 2023 — 7 personal bests set
- Rubik's WCA Oceanic Championship 2022 · 15 Dec 2022 — 7 personal bests set
- Melbourne Cube Days 2022 · 12 Nov 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Apollo Bay Cubing 2022 · 10 Sep 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Melbourne Trilogy Saturday 2022 · 13 Aug 2022 — 5 personal bests set
- Abbotsford Begins 2022 · 3 Jul 2022
- Victorian Open 2022 · 4 Jun 2022 — 4 personal bests set
- Wonderful Williamstown 2022 · 23 Apr 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Solving in Sale 2022 · 9 Apr 2022 — 3 personal bests set
- Brilliant Ballarat 2022 · 12 Feb 2022
- Melbourne Summer 2022 · 21 Jan 2022
- Bendigo Cube Blitz 2020 · 23 Feb 2020
- Melbourne Summer 2020 · 25 Jan 2020 — 2 personal bests set
- Surf Coast Cubing 2019 · 29 Dec 2019
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.
- Phoenix Patterson — met in 164 rounds, never finished ahead
- Myles Jarman — met in 148 rounds, finished ahead 27 times
- Jai Hobbs — met in 130 rounds, finished ahead 108 times
Next targets
- A sub-1 Pyraminx single — 49 people have one; it is 0.98 away.
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.35 away.
Targets move as he improves.