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Quentin McLean
Pyraminx · top 8.5% of 129,321 all-time · competing since August 2009 · 2009MCLE01
Quentin McLean has been competing for 17 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 4.17, set at Southwest Showdown 2013, puts him in the top 8.5% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,190th in the United States. Until February 2008, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 15 competitions since August 2009, he has put 431 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 55% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 32.31 in August 2009 to 11.34, a 65% improvement. Quentin has entered 15 competitions, more competitions than 95% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 4.17 | 5.33 | top 8.5% | 2,190 / 28,708 | |
| 3×3 | 11.34 | 13.95 | top 11.6% | 6,238 / 59,724 | |
| 2×2 | 4.53 | 5.57 | top 33.3% | 13,257 / 40,951 | |
| 5×5 | 1:55.63 | 2:11.99 | top 46.4% | 3,848 / 9,401 | |
| 4×4 | 1:10.21 | 1:16.73 | top 47.1% | 7,837 / 19,072 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 30.22 | 34.00 | top 47.1% | 6,430 / 15,683 | |
| Megaminx | 2:29.65 | 2:51.01 | top 60.9% | 4,598 / 7,841 | |
| 6×6 | 4:27.44 | 4:46.60 | early days — 3 solves | 2,926 / 4,196 | |
| Square-1 | 50.65 | 1:07.73 | top 76.7% | 5,076 / 6,743 | |
| 7×7 | 7:09.97 | 7:26.32 | early days — 3 solves | 2,585 / 3,184 |
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 Jun 2011Three personal bests in one day at Arizona Open 2011.
- 6 Aug 2010Three personal bests in one day at United States Rubik's Cube Championships 2010.
- 29 May 2010Four personal bests in one day at San Diego Open 2010.
- 17 Apr 2010Four personal bests in one day at Oklahoma Open 2010.
- 27 Feb 2010First sub-15 3×3: 13.46 at Caltech Winter 2010.
- 6 Feb 2010Six personal bests in one day at Chicago Open 2010.
Competitions
- Southwest Showdown 2013 · 9 Nov 2013 — 1 personal best set
- World Rubik's Cube Championship 2013 · 26 Jul 2013
- Arizona Showdown 2011 · 3 Dec 2011 — 1 personal best set
- United States National Championships 2011 · 12 Aug 2011 — 1 personal best set
- Arizona Open 2011 · 4 Jun 2011 — 3 personal bests set
- Mall of America 2011 · 20 Feb 2011
- Caltech Fall 2010 · 13 Nov 2010 — 1 personal best set
- United States Rubik's Cube Championships 2010 · 6 Aug 2010 — 3 personal bests set
- San Diego Open 2010 · 29 May 2010 — 4 personal bests set
- Oklahoma Open 2010 · 17 Apr 2010 — 4 personal bests set
- Caltech Winter 2010 · 27 Feb 2010 — 2 personal bests set
- Chicago Open 2010 · 6 Feb 2010 — 6 personal bests set
- Utah Cubing Fall Open 2009 · 12 Dec 2009 — 6 personal bests set
- Stanford Fall competition 2009 · 21 Nov 2009 — 2 personal bests set
- US Nationals 2009 · 14 Aug 2009
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.
- Adam Zamora — met in 49 rounds, finished ahead 34 times
- David Woner — met in 47 rounds, finished ahead 9 times
- Weston Mizumoto — met in 43 rounds, finished ahead 9 times
Next targets
- A sub-4 Pyraminx single — 9,892 people have one; it is 0.17 away.
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 1.34 away.
Targets move as he improves.