People · United States
Sailor McDonough
2×2 · top 8.1% of 186,767 all-time · competing since April 2023 · 2023MCDO07
Sailor McDonough has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.42, set at Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2024, puts him in the top 8.1% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3,211th in the United States. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 6 competitions since April 2023, he has put 143 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 78% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 17.89 in April 2023 to 13.25, a 26% improvement. Sailor has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 2.42 | 4.08 | top 8.1% | 3,211 / 40,951 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.29 | 11.45 | top 15.0% | 3,934 / 28,708 | |
| 3×3 | 13.25 | 15.07 | top 18.3% | 9,809 / 59,724 | |
| 4×4 | 1:04.74 | 1:17.20 | top 41.5% | 6,795 / 19,072 | |
| Skewb | 9.11 | 11.27 | top 49.2% | 8,789 / 18,907 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 38.90 | 40.71 | top 63.8% | 9,019 / 15,683 | |
| Megaminx | 2:49.21 | — | early days — 2 solves | 5,384 / 7,841 | |
| 5×5 | 2:50.39 | — | early days — 2 solves | 6,663 / 9,401 |
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
- 12 Nov 2023First sub-15 3×3: 13.25 at Green Bay 2023.
- 12 Nov 2023Four personal bests in one day at Green Bay 2023.
- 20 May 2023Three personal bests in one day at Door County Cube Challenge 2023.
- 22 Apr 2023First competition: Swallow Spring 2023. A 17.89 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2024 · 18 Jul 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Sturgeon Bay Big Cubes 2024 · 24 Feb 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Green Bay 2023 · 12 Nov 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- Wisconsin Cubing Marathon 2023 · 26 Aug 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Door County Cube Challenge 2023 · 20 May 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Swallow Spring 2023 · 22 Apr 2023
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.
- Luke Selle — met in 30 rounds, finished ahead once
- Carter Kucala — met in 30 rounds, never finished ahead
- Simon Kellum — met in 30 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.42 away.
- A sub-5 Pyraminx single — 17,019 people have one; it is 0.29 away.
Targets move as he improves.