People · United Kingdom
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.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United Kingdom | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 2.09 | 2.72 | top 5.4% | 395 / 4,895 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.24 | 6.52 | top 8.9% | 344 / 3,656 | |
| 3×3 | 11.01 | 12.89 | top 10.5% | 756 / 6,689 | |
| Skewb | 5.19 | 7.43 | top 19.6% | 451 / 2,421 | |
| 4×4 | 1:12.14 | 1:15.03 | top 48.9% | 1,050 / 2,071 | |
| Megaminx | 2:06.85 | — | top 49.5% | 567 / 966 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 34.29 | 48.80 | top 56.0% | 980 / 1,851 | |
| 5×5 | 2:31.53 | 2:43.81 | top 66.5% | 816 / 1,151 | |
| Clock | 28.59 | — | early days — 3 solves | 1,036 / 1,232 | |
| Square-1 | 1:01.88 | — | early days — 3 solves | 680 / 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
Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 24 Jun 2023Three personal bests in one day at Stevenage June 2023.
- 18 Feb 2023First sub-15 3×3: 11.13 at Brent Cross Winter 2023.
- 18 Feb 2023Five personal bests in one day at Brent Cross Winter 2023.
- 7 Jan 2023First sub-20 3×3: 17.44 at Wiltshire Winter 2023.
- 7 Jan 2023Six personal bests in one day at Wiltshire Winter 2023.
- 3 Dec 2022First sub-30 3×3: 22.15 at Essex Winter 2022.
Competitions
- Stevenage November 2023 · 25 Nov 2023
- Stevenage September 2023 · 16 Sep 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Stevenage June 2023 · 24 Jun 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Wiltshire Summer 2023 · 17 Jun 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Stevenage May 2023 · 20 May 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Reading Spring 2023 · 22 Apr 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Wiltshire Spring 2023 · 25 Mar 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Brent Cross Winter 2023 · 18 Feb 2023 — 5 personal bests set
- Wiltshire Winter 2023 · 7 Jan 2023 — 6 personal bests set
- Essex Winter 2022 · 3 Dec 2022 — 3 personal bests set
- Chippenham Autumn 2022 · 8 Oct 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Stevenage Autumn B 2022 · 1 Oct 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.
- Satya Bhavesh Gala — met in 89 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
- Daniel Partridge — met in 87 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Eleanor Sinnott — met in 85 rounds, finished ahead 25 times
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.