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Scott McGowan

2×2 · top 1.7% of 186,767 all-time · competing since April 2017 · 2017MCGO02

Scott McGowan has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.39, set at Rally In The Valley 2018, puts him in the top 1.7% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 673rd in the United States. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 29 competitions since April 2017, he has put 917 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 82% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 13.54 in April 2017 to 8.92, a 34% improvement. Scott has entered 29 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 1.7% of 186,767 all-time
1.39
signature single · Rally In The Valley 2018
917
official solves on the record
11%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 82% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
2×21.393.51
top 1.7%673 / 40,951
3×38.9210.52
top 4.7%2,611 / 59,724
4×435.0143.10
top 6.7%1,040 / 19,072
Pyraminx3.887.99
top 7.1%1,803 / 28,708
3×3 one-handed14.6220.47
top 7.3%984 / 15,683
Skewb4.026.33
top 11.0%1,704 / 18,907
Megaminx1:04.281:16.57
top 12.2%833 / 7,841
5×51:23.391:30.18
top 21.9%1,694 / 9,401
6×62:54.713:02.93
top 38.4%1,390 / 4,196
7×74:43.315:00.34
top 45.5%1,321 / 3,184
3×3 Fewest Moves40 moves42.00
top 48.3%1,031 / 2,040
3×3 blindfolded4:56.40—
early days — 2 solves1,627 / 2,092
Clock39.56—
early days — 1 solve8,340 / 8,927

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

Virginia Open Spring 2017: 13.54Slow N Steady Summer 2017: 11.22Severna Park Summer 2017: 13.18Gobbler Cube Day 2017: 12.05Raleigh Rubik's Rally 2017: 11.16Northern Neck Winter 2018: 12.50Wolfpack Winter 2018: 11.72Incredible Pencil Mania 2018: 10.88WFS Cubing Spring 2018: 10.52Carolina Cubers United 2018: 10.91Rally In The Valley 2018: 11.03Maryland 2018: 12.07Slow N Steady Summer 2018: 10.66Northern Neck Winter 2019: 11.74Gobbler Cube Day Winter 2019: 8.92VES Spring 2019: 9.22Woodberry Forest School Cubing 2019: 10.72Richmond Spring 2019: 10.39Northern Virginia Summer 2019: 10.61CubingUSA Nationals 2019: 10.15Slow N Steady Summer 2019: 9.06Clash at Carlisle Fall 2019: 9.70Gobbler Cube Day Fall 2019: 9.37Northern Neck Winter 2020: 9.38Slow N Steady Winter 2020: 9.81Slow N Steady Fall 2021: 9.49Crystal City Winter 2023: 9.85Richmond Spring 2023: 9.278.9213.541 Apr 20178 Apr 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-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.39 away.
  • A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.92 away.

Targets move as he improves.