People · Canada
Sam McDonald
2×2 · top 39.1% of 186,767 all-time · competing since January 2025 · 2025MCDO01
Sam McDonald has been competing for a year. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 4.98, set at Warm Up Vancouver 2025, puts him in the top 39.1% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,705th in Canada. Across 4 competitions since January 2025, he has put 53 official solves on the record across five events. Sam has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 4.98 | 11.12 | top 39.1% | 2,705 / 7,173 | |
| 3×3 | 22.47 | 28.14 | top 46.7% | 4,767 / 10,392 | |
| Clock | 21.28 | 24.34 | top 68.3% | 669 / 1,029 | |
| Square-1 | 1:05.30 | — | top 86.8% | 806 / 952 | |
| Pyraminx | 19.42 | 22.39 | top 92.1% | 4,567 / 4,858 |
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 Jan 2025First competition: Maple Ridge Favourites 2025. A 22.85 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Make Cutoff Maple Ridge 2025 · 6 Sep 2025 — 1 personal best set
- White Rock's Back to Square-1 2025 · 12 Jul 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Warm Up Vancouver 2025 · 14 Jun 2025
- Maple Ridge Favourites 2025 · 4 Jan 2025
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.
- Ben Wessels — met in 12 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Eeshir Pannun — met in 12 rounds, finished ahead once
- Luke Zhang — met in 12 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-4 2×2 single — 49,452 people have one; it is 0.98 away.
- A sub-20 3×3 single — 113,584 people have one; it is 2.47 away.
Targets move as he improves.