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Scott McKenzie

3×3 · top 9.5% of 284,439 all-time · competing since January 2007 · 2007MCKE01

Scott McKenzie has been competing for 20 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.68, set at Stanford Fall competition 2009, puts him in the top 9.5% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 5,175th in the United States. Until August 2006, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 8 competitions since January 2007, he has put 155 official solves on the record across three events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 55% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 33.22 in January 2007 to 10.68, a 68% improvement. Scott has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 9.5% of 284,439 all-time
10.68
signature single · Stanford Fall competition 2009
155
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 55% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×310.6813.95
top 9.5%5,175 / 59,724
3×3 one-handed21.6525.39
top 25.0%3,227 / 15,683
4×41:24.141:35.49
top 59.2%10,249 / 19,072

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

Caltech Winter competition 2007: 33.22Berkeley Spring competition 2007: 16.50Berkeley Fall competition 2007: 12.47EPGY California Open 2008: 12.93Berkeley Spring competition 2008: 13.56Berkeley Fall 2008: 13.58Stanford Fall competition 2009: 10.68Berkeley Winter 2010: 12.7710.6833.2213 Jan 200730 Jan 2010

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-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.68 away.
  • A sub-20 3×3 one-handed single — 15,081 people have one; it is 1.65 away.

Targets move as he improves.