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Patrick McDonald

3×3 · top 38.9% of 284,439 all-time · competing since March 2014 · 2014MCDO01

Patrick McDonald has been competing for 12 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 19.64, set at Lexington Spring 2015, puts him in the top 38.9% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 21,998th in the United States. Across 2 competitions since March 2014, he has put 49 official solves on the record across six events. Patrick has entered two competitions.

3×3
best event — top 38.9% of 284,439 all-time
19.64
signature single · Lexington Spring 2015
49
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×319.6421.81
top 38.9%21,998 / 59,724
Pyraminx8.5312.20
top 40.8%11,693 / 28,708
2×25.909.16
top 49.8%20,262 / 40,951
5×52:08.812:29.74
top 54.7%4,627 / 9,401
4×41:25.801:37.26
top 60.5%10,504 / 19,072
3×3 one-handed40.9345.69
top 66.6%9,487 / 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

Williams Winter 2014: 19.94Lexington Spring 2015: 19.6419.6419.941 Mar 201411 Apr 2015

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.

Next targets

  • A sub-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 4.64 away.
  • A sub-8 Pyraminx single — 46,752 people have one; it is 0.53 away.

Targets move as he improves.