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Simon McDormand
Pyraminx · top 8.4% of 129,321 all-time · competing since March 2024 · 2024MCDO08
Simon McDormand has been competing for 2 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 4.15, set at Edmonton Winter 2026, puts him in the top 8.4% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 301st in Canada. Until February 2008, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 9 competitions since March 2024, he has put 147 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one; 93% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. That figure sets aside his 4 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 53.70 in March 2024 to 23.09, a 57% improvement. Simon has entered nine competitions, more competitions than 91% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 4.15 | 7.10 | top 8.4% | 301 / 4,858 | |
| 3×3 | 23.09 | 28.85 | top 48.1% | 4,937 / 10,392 | |
| 2×2 | 5.91 | 8.86 | top 50.0% | 3,592 / 7,173 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 1:23.52 | — | top 93.5% | 2,378 / 2,620 |
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
- 3 Jan 2025First sub-30 3×3: 28.97 at Alberta 10th Anniversary 2025.
- 27 Apr 2024Three personal bests in one day at Mother Earth's Charter Spring 2024.
- 30 Mar 2024First competition: New to Sherwood Park 2024. A 53.70 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Edmonton Winter 2026 · 3 Jan 2026 — 1 personal best set
- New to Edmonton B 2025 · 30 Mar 2025
- Battle of Alberta 2025 · 15 Feb 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Alberta 10th Anniversary 2025 · 3 Jan 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Canadian Prairie Championship 2024 · 2 Nov 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Cubing Among the Drumheller Dinosaurs 2024 · 24 Aug 2024 — 1 personal best set
- NA Stadium Series - Edmonton 2024 · 22 Jun 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Mother Earth's Charter Spring 2024 · 27 Apr 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- New to Sherwood Park 2024 · 30 Mar 2024
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.
- Benjamin Ragan — met in 35 rounds, never finished ahead
- Ben McDormand — met in 32 rounds, finished ahead 8 times
- Hugo Levancic Seiler — met in 32 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-4 Pyraminx single — 9,892 people have one; it is 0.15 away.
- A sub-20 3×3 single — 113,584 people have one; it is 3.09 away.
Targets move as he improves.