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Mike McNeill

3×3 one-handed · top 7.1% of 73,695 all-time · competing since November 2015 · 2015MCNE02

Mike McNeill has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the 3×3 one-handed: a personal-best single of 14.52, set at Rutgers Spring 2018, puts him in the top 7.1% of the 73,695 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 957th in the United States. Until September 2008, no official 3×3 one-handed solve in the world had been that fast. Across 23 competitions since November 2015, he has put 470 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 86% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 23.78 in November 2015 to 10.79, a 55% improvement. Mike has entered 23 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3 one-handed
best event — top 7.1% of 73,695 all-time
14.52
signature single · Rutgers Spring 2018
470
official solves on the record
15%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 86% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×3 one-handed14.5221.09
top 7.1%957 / 15,683
3×310.7911.94
top 9.8%5,342 / 59,724
2×22.924.27
top 13.3%5,240 / 40,951
4×454.1857.99
top 29.7%4,666 / 19,072
5×51:39.501:50.63
top 35.0%2,775 / 9,401
6×63:02.913:20.96
top 42.4%1,562 / 4,196
7×74:58.685:08.24
early days — 3 solves1,465 / 3,184
Square-145.27—
early days — 3 solves4,687 / 6,743

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

Manhasset Fall 2015: 23.78Manhasset Spring 2016: 18.17Big Apple Spring 2016: 16.34Slow N Steady Spring 2016: 17.96Lexington Summer 2016: 16.37Sharon Summer 2016: 14.39New York City Summer 2016: 13.62Quabbin Open 2016: 17.01Phillips Exeter Cube Day 2016: 15.23South Berwick Open 2016: 12.78Clifton Winter 2017: 12.50Ledgewood Winter Open 2017: 13.09New York City Winter 2017: 12.18Big Cube Bash 2017: 14.66Sharon Summer 2017: 11.88Berkeley Fall 2017: 12.36Incredible Pencil Mania 2018: 11.14Rutgers Spring 2018: 13.62Midcoast Cubing 2018: 12.03CubingUSA Nationals 2018: 10.79SBU Spring 2019: 10.86SBU Fall 2019: 11.74Cubing at Hampton Beach 2025: 12.3610.7923.7821 Nov 201518 Jan 2025

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.

  • Eric Zhao — met in 62 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
  • Chris Tran — met in 60 rounds, finished ahead 19 times
  • Sam Schultz — met in 56 rounds, finished ahead 13 times

Next targets

  • A sub-12 3×3 one-handed single — 2,187 people have one; it is 2.52 away.
  • A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.79 away.

Targets move as he improves.