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Tim McMahon

3×3 one-handed · top 17.2% of 73,695 all-time · competing since July 2009 · 2009MCMA01

Tim McMahon has been competing for 17 years. His best event is the 3×3 one-handed: a personal-best single of 18.78, set at Kurri Kurri 2012, puts him in the top 17.2% of the 73,695 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 380th in Australia. Across 66 competitions since July 2009, he has put 1,147 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 77% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 23.31 in July 2009 to 13.84, a 41% improvement. Tim has entered 66 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3 one-handed
best event — top 17.2% of 73,695 all-time
18.78
signature single · Kurri Kurri 2012
1,147
official solves on the record
14%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 77% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingAustralia
3×3 one-handed18.7825.29
top 17.2%380 / 2,659
3×313.8419.46
top 20.4%1,824 / 11,709
2×24.567.13
top 33.7%2,652 / 8,567
4×41:21.531:33.35
top 57.2%1,587 / 3,051

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

New Zealand Championships 2009: 23.31Melbourne Summer Open 2010: 21.19Melbourne Winter Open 2010: 18.88Australian Nationals 2010: 20.68Melbourne Cube Day 2010: 17.56Melbourne Summer Open 2011: 18.63Perth Summer Open 2011: 22.27Kubaroo Open 2011: 19.31Melbourne Winter Open 2011: 19.78Auckland Winter Open 2011: 19.41Australian Nationals 2011: 17.28World Rubik's Cube Championship 2011: 17.94Melbourne Cube Day 2011: 16.16Perth Puzzle Championship 2011: 16.84Melbourne Summer 2012: 16.94Sydney Autumn 2012: 18.56Melbourne Winter 2012: 17.52Australian Nationals 2012: 20.66Kurri Kurri 2012: 18.80Melbourne Cube Day 2012: 18.43Canberra Summer 2013: 17.02Cupcake Cubing 2013: 21.71Shepparton Winter 2013: 18.22Australian Nationals 2013: 18.86Melbourne Spring 2013: 18.86Melbourne Cube Day 2013: 16.71Lifestyle Seasons Summer 2014: 16.80Canberra Summer 2014: 18.21Melbourne Summer 2014: 18.63Shepparton Autumn 2014: 17.27Northpark Adelaide 2014: 18.05Melbourne Winter 2014: 19.40Lifestyle Seasons Winter 2014: 20.19Australian Nationals 2014: 17.88Melbourne Cube Day 2014: 18.47Sydney Spring 2014: 17.19Niddrie 2014: 20.05Lifestyle Seasons Summer 2015: 18.90Melbourne Autumn 2015: 19.58Sydney Autumn 2015: 17.95Cube for Cambodia 2015: 23.83Perth Winter 2015: 18.61Lifestyle Seasons Winter 2015: 17.96Brisbane Spring 2015: 19.59Australian Nationals 2015: 13.84Melbourne Cube Days 2015: 19.10Cubing Classic 2016: 18.22Melbourne Autumn 2016: 20.19Connor's Cube Day 2016: 20.68Cube for Cambodia 2016: 17.70Australian Nationals 2016: 19.05Melbourne Cube Days 2016: 17.04POPS Open 2016: 15.38Lifestyle Seasons Summer 2017: 18.75Cubing Classic 2017: 17.26Australian Nationals 2017: 17.62China's 10th Anniversary Championship 2017: 20.53Melbourne Cube Days 2017: 18.11Hobart Summer 2018: 18.17ASFA Speedcubing 2018: 18.90Cube for Cambodia 2018: 15.67Melbourne Winter 2018: 20.55Australian Nationals 2018: 20.36Melbourne Cube Days 2018: 18.42Melbourne Summer 2019: 19.53WCA World Championship 2019: 18.3113.8423.8318 Jul 200911 Jul 2019

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-15 3×3 one-handed single — 5,987 people have one; it is 3.78 away.
  • A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 1.84 away.

Targets move as he improves.