People · United States
Paul McNaughton
3×3 · top 8.4% of 288,433 all-time · competing since August 2024 · 2024MCNA04
Paul McNaughton has been competing for 2 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.31, set at Temecula Valley Back To School 2026, puts him in the top 8.4% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 4,700th in the United States. Until May 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 13 competitions since August 2024, he has put 235 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one; 94% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 33.61 in August 2024 to 10.31, a 69% improvement. Paul has entered 13 competitions, more competitions than 94% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 10.31 | 13.80 | top 8.4% | 4,700 / 60,666 | |
| 2×2 | 2.89 | 4.47 | top 13.1% | 5,214 / 41,674 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 21.96 | 30.59 | top 26.0% | 3,401 / 15,900 | |
| 4×4 | 55.79 | 1:04.33 | top 31.8% | 5,090 / 19,354 | |
| Pyraminx | 8.03 | 11.10 | top 36.5% | 10,487 / 29,168 | |
| Megaminx | 1:54.48 | 2:14.30 | top 43.0% | 3,206 / 8,026 | |
| 5×5 | 1:53.95 | 2:07.51 | top 45.4% | 3,811 / 9,537 | |
| Skewb | 11.54 | 13.18 | top 63.7% | 11,987 / 19,164 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 47 moves | — | early days — 1 solve | 1,496 / 2,059 | |
| 6×6 | 4:50.57 | — | early days — 3 solves | 3,236 / 4,262 | |
| 7×7 | 7:42.74 | — | early days — 1 solve | 2,798 / 3,236 |
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 Jun 2026Three personal bests in one day at Agoura Summer 2026.
- 23 May 2026Four personal bests in one day at West Coast Cubing Western Championship 2026.
- 4 Apr 2026First sub-15 3×3: 13.99 at UCSD TritoNxN 2026.
- 4 Apr 2026Three personal bests in one day at UCSD TritoNxN 2026.
- 7 Feb 2026First sub-20 3×3: 16.10 at Simi Mini A 2026.
- 7 Feb 2026Three personal bests in one day at Simi Mini A 2026.
Competitions
- Redondo Beach FMC Summer 2026 · 19 Sep 2026
- Temecula Valley Back To School 2026 · 22 Aug 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Temecula Valley Summer 2026 · 25 Jul 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Agoura Summer 2026 · 20 Jun 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- West Coast Cubing Western Championship 2026 · 23 May 2026 — 4 personal bests set
- Westerns Warmup Riverside A 2026 · 16 May 2026
- City of STEM LA 2026 · 26 Apr 2026 — 1 personal best set
- UCSD TritoNxN 2026 · 4 Apr 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Poly Cubed at Pomona 2026 · 22 Mar 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- UCLA Spring 2026 · 15 Feb 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Simi Mini A 2026 · 7 Feb 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Super Duper San Diego 2026 · 9 Jan 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- La La Land 2024 · 31 Aug 2024
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.
- Liv Coverdale — met in 47 rounds, finished ahead 24 times
- Shane Grogan — met in 47 rounds, finished ahead once
- Ellion Ornemark — met in 43 rounds, finished ahead 11 times
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,606 people have one; it is 0.31 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 9,039 people have one; it is 0.89 away.
Targets move as he improves.