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Sean McCarthy

2×2 · top 6.7% of 189,179 all-time · competing since November 2024 · 2024MCCA10

Sean McCarthy has been competing for a year. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.25, set at Morrow Mixup Mania 2026, puts him in the top 6.7% of the 189,179 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,668th in the United States. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 25 competitions since November 2024, he has put 825 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 18% around a typical one; 97% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 2×2 best has come down from 7.25 in December 2024 to 2.25, a 69% improvement. Sean has entered 25 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 6.7% of 189,179 all-time
2.25
signature single · Morrow Mixup Mania 2026
825
official solves on the record
18%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 97% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
2×22.253.88
top 6.7%2,668 / 41,674
Skewb3.396.20
top 7.1%1,125 / 19,164
Pyraminx4.056.30
top 8.0%2,075 / 29,168
3×312.5815.09
top 16.0%8,692 / 60,666
Clock9.3011.19
top 21.4%1,686 / 9,172
4×451.141:00.32
top 26.2%4,087 / 19,354
3×3 one-handed22.2730.95
top 26.9%3,505 / 15,900
Square-120.7428.20
top 29.7%1,957 / 6,846
5×51:55.912:11.52
top 46.8%3,940 / 9,537
Megaminx2:13.622:42.56
top 53.2%4,061 / 8,026
6×64:12.224:21.82
top 69.7%2,769 / 4,262

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

Gallop in Kentucky Winter 2024: 7.25Ohio State Winter 2025: 4.59Cincinnati Speed Solving 2025: 3.49Ohio State Weekend of Madness 2025: 3.05Northern Kentucky 2025: 4.56Gem City Pre-Flight Warm Up OH 2025: 2.79Clockin Kentucky 2025: 3.90CubingUSA Great Lakes Championship 2025: 3.78Cincinnati Open 2025: 2.30Cubing by the Kings OH 2025: 3.52Clock & 'Minx Ohio 2025: 3.23Cincinnati Cube Challenge 2025: 3.91Lewis Center Side Events 2026: 3.54Cincinnati Speedsolving 2026: 3.78Morrow Mixup Mania 2026: 2.25Ohio State Weekend of Madness 2026: 4.00Brown County Blitz 2026: 3.03Cubing in the Woods OH 2026: 4.07CubingUSA Great Lakes Championship 2026: 4.01Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2026: 2.54Ohio Championship 2026: 3.872.257.2521 Dec 202411 Sep 2026

Best single per competition, 2×2. 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-2 2×2 single — 9,039 people have one; it is 0.25 away.
  • A sub-3 Skewb single — 3,709 people have one; it is 0.39 away.

Targets move as he improves.