People · United States
Robin McGaha
3×3 · top 8.3% of 284,439 all-time · competing since June 2016 · 2016MCGA01
Robin McGaha has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.28, set at CubingUSA Southeast Championship 2019, puts him in the top 8.3% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 4,561st in the United States. Until May 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 12 competitions since June 2016, he has put 426 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 65% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 15.30 in June 2016 to 10.28, a 33% improvement. Robin 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 States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 10.28 | 12.13 | top 8.3% | 4,561 / 59,724 | |
| 2×2 | 2.77 | 4.70 | top 11.7% | 4,606 / 40,951 | |
| 4×4 | 41.03 | 49.34 | top 13.3% | 1,978 / 19,072 | |
| 5×5 | 1:31.79 | 1:55.41 | top 28.8% | 2,257 / 9,401 | |
| Skewb | 6.45 | 11.70 | top 29.3% | 4,805 / 18,907 | |
| Pyraminx | 7.43 | 8.23 | top 31.4% | 8,767 / 28,708 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 24.89 | 31.98 | top 33.9% | 4,471 / 15,683 | |
| Megaminx | 2:07.25 | 2:22.13 | top 49.7% | 3,694 / 7,841 | |
| 6×6 | 4:16.73 | 4:31.34 | top 70.8% | 2,780 / 4,196 | |
| Square-1 | 58.43 | 1:25.03 | top 82.7% | 5,521 / 6,743 | |
| 7×7 | 8:39.40 | — | early days — 1 solve | 2,974 / 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
- 27 Apr 2019Three personal bests in one day at CubingUSA Southeast Championship 2019.
- 24 Jun 2018Three personal bests in one day at Cardinal Bird Fiesta 2018.
- 5 Aug 2017Five personal bests in one day at Classic City Summer 2017.
- 3 Jun 2017First sub-15 3×3: 13.59 at Queen City 2017.
- 3 Jun 2017Four personal bests in one day at Queen City 2017.
- 4 Jun 2016First competition: Athens Summer Omega 2016. A 16.28 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- CubingUSA Southeast Championship 2022 · 29 Jul 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Big Cubes for Dunwoody 2020 · 8 Feb 2020 — 1 personal best set
- Rocky Top 2019 · 7 Dec 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- CubingUSA Nationals 2019 · 1 Aug 2019 — 1 personal best set
- CubingUSA Southeast Championship 2019 · 27 Apr 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Terminus 2019 · 30 Mar 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Rocky Top 2018 · 1 Dec 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Cardinal Bird Fiesta 2018 · 24 Jun 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- Classic City Summer 2017 · 5 Aug 2017 — 5 personal bests set
- No Stress Solving 2017 · 2 Jul 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Queen City 2017 · 3 Jun 2017 — 4 personal bests set
- Athens Summer Omega 2016 · 4 Jun 2016 — 3 personal bests set
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.
- Katie Hull — met in 85 rounds, never finished ahead
- Jacob Ambrose — met in 84 rounds, finished ahead twice
- James Lanagan — met in 81 rounds, finished ahead 45 times
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.28 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.77 away.
Targets move as he improves.