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Xander McSherry

3×3 · top 0.63% of 288,433 all-time · competing since November 2017 · 2017MCSH01

Xander McSherry has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 6.22, set at Sydney Winter Saturday 2022, puts him in the top 0.63% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 68th in Australia. Until June 2011, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 33 competitions since November 2017, he has put 897 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 67% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 17.33 in November 2017 to 6.22, a 64% improvement. Xander has entered 33 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 0.63% of 288,433 all-time
6.22
signature single · Sydney Winter Saturday 2022
897
official solves on the record
14%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 67% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingAustralia
3×36.228.37
top 0.63%68 / 11,943
2×21.893.49
top 4.1%327 / 8,727
3×3 one-handed13.0216.89
top 4.5%100 / 2,685
4×437.1540.49
top 8.9%231 / 3,108
Pyraminx5.999.86
top 20.0%995 / 6,109
5×51:24.671:36.21
top 23.1%318 / 1,412
6×63:00.133:23.19
top 41.2%259 / 667

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

Canberra Spring 2017: 17.33Sydney Championship 2017: 14.65Canberra Autumn 2018: 13.97Warm Up Sydney 2018: 11.04Australian Nationals 2018: 12.65Odd Day in Sydney 2018: 10.90Cool Down Sydney 2019: 10.58Koalafication Sydney 2019: 10.07WCA World Championship 2019: 8.81Fortitude Sydney 2019: 9.91Odd Day in Sydney 2019: 9.16Sydney Open 2019: 9.40Enjoyable Sydney Gathering 2020: 9.97Sydney Re-Open Saturday 2021: 8.23Tramsheds Series Saturday 2022: 7.94NSW Open 2022: 7.78Sydney Winter Saturday 2022: 6.22Rubik's WCA Oceanic Championship 2022: 8.83Cubing at The Cube Saturday 2023: 8.60Cubing in the Dilly 2023: 9.57Warm Up Sydney Saturday 2023: 8.05Cubing at Tramsheds Sunday 2023: 8.29Tramsheds I: Newcomer Saturday 2024: 7.59Kogarah Cube Day Sunday 2024: 7.24Tramsheds II: May Sunday 2024: 7.18Kiama Winter 2024: 8.29Sydney Spring Saturday 2024: 8.22Cubing at The Cube 2025: 8.63Tramsheds IV: Summer Sunday 2025: 6.71Tramsheds V: Autumn Saturday 2025: 7.97Tramsheds VII: Spring Saturday 2025: 6.65Cubing at The Cube 2026: 7.996.2217.334 Nov 201710 Jan 2026

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.

  • Bryan Eng — met in 166 rounds, never finished ahead
  • Sora Sato — met in 124 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
  • Cass Hopkins — met in 110 rounds, finished ahead 58 times

Next targets

  • A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,419 people have one; it is 0.22 away.
  • A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,050 people have one; it is 0.89 away.

Targets move as he improves.