People · United States
Monte McGary III
2×2 · top 9.6% of 186,767 all-time · competing since August 2023 · 2023IIIM02
Monte McGary III has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.57, set at Spokane Summer 2023, puts him in the top 9.6% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3,790th in the United States. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 2 competitions since August 2023, he has put 45 official solves on the record across five events. Monte has entered two competitions.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 2.57 | 5.19 | top 9.6% | 3,790 / 40,951 | |
| 3×3 | 12.02 | 12.95 | top 14.0% | 7,485 / 59,724 | |
| 4×4 | 51.35 | 1:03.19 | top 26.4% | 4,060 / 19,072 | |
| Pyraminx | 7.29 | 11.18 | top 30.3% | 8,414 / 28,708 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 26.72 | 35.60 | top 38.6% | 5,137 / 15,683 |
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
- 26 Aug 2023First competition: Spokane Summer 2023. A 12.14 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- CdA Cube Clash 2025 · 18 Oct 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Spokane Summer 2023 · 26 Aug 2023
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.
- Daniel Hewitt — met in 9 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
- Jeremiah Rummerfield — met in 9 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Luke Rasor — met in 9 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.57 away.
- A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 0.02 away.
Targets move as he improves.