People · United Kingdom
Patrick McClelland
3×3 · top 6.5% of 284,439 all-time · competing since April 2022 · 2022MCCL01
Patrick McClelland has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.65, set at Dublin Open Saturday 2022, puts him in the top 6.5% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 489th in the United Kingdom. Until November 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 2 competitions since April 2022, he has put 80 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one, an early reading from 6 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 13.40 in April 2022 to 9.65, a 28% improvement. Patrick has entered two competitions.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United Kingdom | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 9.65 | 11.68 | top 6.5% | 489 / 6,689 | |
| 2×2 | 2.98 | 4.57 | top 14.0% | 853 / 4,895 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.87 | 7.06 | top 19.0% | 732 / 3,656 | |
| 4×4 | 1:07.84 | 1:24.72 | top 44.8% | 980 / 2,071 | |
| 5×5 | 2:48.67 | — | early days — 2 solves | 919 / 1,151 |
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
- 20 Aug 2022First sub-10 3×3: 9.65 at Dublin Open Saturday 2022.
- 20 Aug 2022Seven personal bests in one day at Dublin Open Saturday 2022.
- 10 Apr 2022First competition: Seaside Solving Sunday 2022. A 13.40 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Dublin Open Saturday 2022 · 20 Aug 2022 — 7 personal bests set
- Seaside Solving Sunday 2022 · 10 Apr 2022
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.
- Cathal Burke — met in 15 rounds, finished ahead 12 times
- Tymon Szalinski — met in 15 rounds, finished ahead 9 times
- Alex Kelly — met in 15 rounds, finished ahead 9 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.65 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.98 away.
Targets move as he improves.