People · Australia
Patrick McDonald
Pyraminx · top 9.3% of 129,321 all-time · competing since January 2022 · 2022MCDO01
Patrick McDonald has been competing for 5 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 4.33, set at Brisbane Summer 2023, puts him in the top 9.3% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 430th in Australia. Until September 2006, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 3 competitions since January 2022, he has put 57 official solves on the record across four events. His 3×3 best has come down from 22.33 in January 2022 to 13.44, a 40% improvement. Patrick has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Australia | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 4.33 | 9.60 | top 9.3% | 430 / 5,993 | |
| 3×3 | 13.44 | 14.59 | top 19.0% | 1,709 / 11,709 | |
| 2×2 | 4.04 | 5.43 | top 27.0% | 2,096 / 8,567 | |
| 4×4 | 1:37.60 | — | top 69.0% | 2,001 / 3,051 |
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
- 4 Feb 2023First sub-20 3×3: 13.44 at Brisbane Summer 2023.
- 4 Feb 2023First sub-15 3×3: 13.44 at Brisbane Summer 2023.
- 8 Jan 2022First competition: Northside Duology Part 2 2022. A 22.33 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Chilling in Toowoomba 2024 · 24 Aug 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Brisbane Summer 2023 · 4 Feb 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Northside Duology Part 2 2022 · 8 Jan 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.
- Josiah Freudigmann — met in 12 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
- Lachlan Adams-Romyn — met in 11 rounds, never finished ahead
- Joshua Ban — met in 10 rounds, finished ahead twice
Next targets
- A sub-4 Pyraminx single — 9,892 people have one; it is 0.33 away.
- A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 1.44 away.
Targets move as he improves.