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Nicholas McKee

4×4 · top 6.9% of 83,917 all-time · competing since May 2015 · 2015MCKE02

Nicholas McKee has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the 4×4: a personal-best single of 35.19, set at BC Championship 2026, puts him in the top 6.9% of the 83,917 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 159th in Canada. Until October 2010, no official 4×4 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 88 competitions since May 2015, he has put 1,994 official solves on the record across 15 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 54% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 30.66 in May 2015 to 9.90, a 68% improvement. Nicholas has entered 88 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

4×4
best event — top 6.9% of 83,917 all-time
35.19
signature single · BC Championship 2026
1,994
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 54% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingCanada
4×435.1945.57
top 6.9%159 / 3,118
3×39.9012.29
top 7.2%670 / 10,392
2×22.324.26
top 7.2%466 / 7,173
Pyraminx3.937.37
top 7.3%262 / 4,858
Skewb3.766.69
top 9.3%293 / 2,907
3×3 one-handed16.1822.64
top 10.6%238 / 2,620
5×51:14.671:20.25
top 15.1%175 / 1,499
Megaminx1:11.161:30.20
top 16.3%138 / 1,375
Clock8.8013.01
top 18.9%156 / 1,029
Square-116.5730.22
top 20.0%167 / 952
6×62:30.882:43.44
top 26.0%132 / 665
7×73:48.733:56.83
top 26.7%111 / 503
3×3 Fewest Moves34 moves44.00
top 26.7%80 / 283
3×3 Multi-Blind4 of 4 cubes · 35:22—
early days — 3 solves49 / 112
3×3 blindfolded2:49.23—
top 49.3%179 / 351

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

Melrose Spring 2015: 30.66Norwich Summer 2015: 26.52Phillips Exeter Cube Day 2015: 23.49MIT Fall 2015: 23.74Sharon Winter 2016: 18.94Melrose Winter 2016: 18.16Weston Spring 2016: 18.63Lexington Summer 2016: 13.69Quabbin Open 2016: 18.71Phillips Exeter Cube Day 2016: 17.69Weston Fall 2017: 18.92Cubing with the Viking 2017: 17.04Framingham Frozen Fingers 2018: 16.90WPI Winter Cube Day 2018: 16.99CubingUSA Northeast Championship 2018: 15.68Quizzical Quabbin Qualifier 2018: 13.85The Battle of Lexington 2018: 13.88Boston University Winter 2019: 14.25The Battle of Lexington 2019: 16.19CubingUSA Nationals 2019: 15.02Quabbin Summer 2019: 11.70Constitution State Winter 2020: 12.44Moose On The Loose Cubikon 2022: 14.30CubingUSA Northeast Championship 2022: 13.28Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2022: 15.74Granite State 2022: 13.35Oakville Fall A 2022: 12.38Puzzling in Providence 2023: 11.70Appleby Winter B 2023: 14.07Northampton Winter A 2023: 11.30Pickering A 2023: 11.30Connecticut Spring 2023: 13.09Ajax 3x3x3 Evening 2023: 11.52Appleby Fall B 2023: 12.52Pickering Fall B 2023: 12.21Northampton Fall B 2023: 12.89Scarborough Fall A 2023: 10.00Halifax Fall 2023: 11.82Kingston Winter 2024: 11.14Greater Toronto 2024: 12.43Ajax 3x3x3 Newcomers C 2024: 12.63Thornhill Spring 2024: 13.41Ottawa Spring 2024: 10.60Lexington Weeknights I 2024: 10.94Wakefield MA Summer 2024: 11.91Lexington Weeknights II 2024: 13.66Pickering Mini Afternoon 2024: 11.93Championnat Québécois 2024: 11.75Kitchener Mini Afternoon 2024: 11.45Waterloo Winter 2025: 12.83Greater Toronto 2025: 13.37Mississauga Newcomers B 2025: 11.37Western Ontario Winter 2025: 12.72Pickering NxNxN Summer 2025: 13.70Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025: 13.64Championnat Canadien 2025: 12.32Fitchburg Fall 2025: 11.98Ocean State Cubikon 2025: 12.27Pickering NxNxN Winter 2026: 10.68Western Ontario Winter 2026: 11.53Pickering Mini Afternoon 2026: 10.90Wasaga Beach Spring 2026: 9.90Waterloo Spring 2026: 10.75Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2026: 11.45BC Championship 2026: 12.27Brampton Summer 2026: 11.019.9030.6630 May 201529 Aug 2026

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.

  • Alex Cohen — met in 191 rounds, finished ahead 37 times
  • Tim Reynolds — met in 155 rounds, finished ahead 8 times
  • Will Russo — met in 154 rounds, finished ahead twice

Next targets

  • A sub-30 4×4 single — 2,388 people have one; it is 5.19 away.
  • A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.90 away.

Targets move as he improves.