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Reece McDonald

2×2 · top 5.4% of 186,767 all-time · competing since October 2022 · 2022MCDO11

Reece McDonald has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.09, set at Stevenage September 2023, puts him in the top 5.4% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 395th in the United Kingdom. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 12 competitions since October 2022, he has put 478 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 58% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 38.35 in October 2022 to 11.01, a 71% improvement. Reece has entered twelve competitions, more competitions than 94% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 5.4% of 186,767 all-time
2.09
signature single · Stevenage September 2023
478
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 58% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited Kingdom
2×22.092.72
top 5.4%395 / 4,895
Pyraminx4.246.52
top 8.9%344 / 3,656
3×311.0112.89
top 10.5%756 / 6,689
Skewb5.197.43
top 19.6%451 / 2,421
4×41:12.141:15.03
top 48.9%1,050 / 2,071
Megaminx2:06.85
top 49.5%567 / 966
3×3 one-handed34.2948.80
top 56.0%980 / 1,851
5×52:31.532:43.81
top 66.5%816 / 1,151
Clock28.59
early days — 3 solves1,036 / 1,232
Square-11:01.88
early days — 3 solves680 / 778

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

Stevenage Autumn B 2022: 38.35Chippenham Autumn 2022: 30.51Essex Winter 2022: 22.15Wiltshire Winter 2023: 17.44Brent Cross Winter 2023: 11.13Wiltshire Spring 2023: 12.83Reading Spring 2023: 12.43Stevenage May 2023: 11.78Wiltshire Summer 2023: 11.01Stevenage June 2023: 11.35Stevenage September 2023: 11.16Stevenage November 2023: 13.7111.0138.351 Oct 202225 Nov 2023

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-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.09 away.
  • A sub-4 Pyraminx single — 9,892 people have one; it is 0.24 away.

Targets move as he improves.