People · United Kingdom
Neil Mcalpine
2×2 · top 3.5% of 189,179 all-time · competing since January 2025 · 2025MCAL01
Neil Mcalpine has been competing for a year. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.77, set at Swisscubing Cup I 2026, puts him in the top 3.5% of the 189,179 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 255th in the United Kingdom. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 6 competitions since January 2025, he has put 70 official solves on the record across two events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, an early reading from 5 counted rounds. His 2×2 best has come down from 16.14 in January 2025 to 1.77, an 89% improvement. Neil has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United Kingdom | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 1.77 | 6.63 | top 3.5% | 255 / 4,946 | |
| 3×3 | 34.68 | 41.37 | top 70.1% | 5,037 / 6,785 |
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, 2×2. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 11 Jan 2025First competition: Swisscubing Cup I 2025.
Competitions
- Bursins Goes Fast 2026 · 4 Apr 2026
- Swisscubing Cup I 2026 · 17 Jan 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Back to Geneva 2025 · 3 May 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Martigny Open 2025 · 26 Apr 2025
- Romandie Rookies 2025 · 1 Mar 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Swisscubing Cup I 2025 · 11 Jan 2025
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.
- Liam Rey — met in 12 rounds, finished ahead once
- Thomas Pierroz — met in 11 rounds, finished ahead once
- Tom Bourban — met in 11 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,050 people have one; it is 0.77 away.
- A sub-30 3×3 single — 180,530 people have one; it is 4.68 away.
Targets move as he improves.