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Seth McDonald
Pyraminx · top 49.9% of 129,321 all-time · competing since May 2025 · 2025MCDO08
Seth McDonald has been competing for a year. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 9.60, set at Calgary Spring 2026, puts him in the top 49.9% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,384th in Canada. Across 6 competitions since May 2025, he has put 96 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one, an early reading from 6 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 46.53 in May 2025 to 36.51, a 22% improvement. Seth 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 | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 9.60 | 17.48 | top 49.9% | 2,384 / 4,858 | |
| Skewb | 9.94 | 22.90 | top 54.6% | 1,506 / 2,907 | |
| 3×3 | 36.51 | 40.56 | top 72.6% | 7,813 / 10,392 | |
| 2×2 | 10.96 | 15.06 | top 81.4% | 5,995 / 7,173 | |
| Square-1 | 2:10.47 | — | early days — 2 solves | 935 / 952 |
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
- 14 Jun 2025Three personal bests in one day at Southern Alberta Cubing 2025.
- 3 May 2025First competition: Out in the Country Crossfield 2025. A 46.53 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Calgary Spring 2026 · 7 Mar 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Red Deer Favourites 2026 · 14 Feb 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Crossfield Fall 2025 · 1 Nov 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Solved Central Alberta 2025 · 27 Sep 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Southern Alberta Cubing 2025 · 14 Jun 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Out in the Country Crossfield 2025 · 3 May 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.
- Danny Buschert — met in 18 rounds, never finished ahead
- Lucas Kuczaj — met in 17 rounds, never finished ahead
- Leif Anvik — met in 17 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-8 Pyraminx single — 46,752 people have one; it is 1.60 away.
- A sub-8 Skewb single — 30,246 people have one; it is 1.94 away.
Targets move as he improves.