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Cathal Burke

Skewb · top 0.59% of 73,281 all-time · competing since November 2021 · 2021BURK03

Cathal Burke has been competing for 5 years. His best event is the Skewb: a personal-best single of 1.61, set at Rebel County Cubing 2024, puts him in the top 0.59% of the 73,281 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3rd in Ireland. Until October 2015, no official Skewb solve in the world had been that fast. Across 25 competitions since November 2021, he has put 1,709 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 60% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 21.54 in November 2021 to 8.00, a 63% improvement. Cathal has entered 25 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

Skewb
best event — top 0.59% of 73,281 all-time
1.61
signature single · Rebel County Cubing 2024
1,709
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 60% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingIreland
Skewb1.612.46
top 0.59%3 / 624
2×21.393.48
top 1.7%35 / 1,163
3×38.009.94
top 2.8%51 / 1,427
4×430.8836.30
top 3.4%21 / 579
Megaminx52.5158.62
top 6.2%28 / 283
5×51:02.761:08.35
top 7.0%22 / 296
Pyraminx3.885.98
top 7.1%98 / 911
3×3 one-handed16.7519.32
top 12.0%42 / 448
Clock8.5710.18
top 17.8%70 / 331
6×62:29.862:42.62
top 25.5%41 / 142
Square-119.0429.39
top 25.7%58 / 194
7×76:31.51—
early days — 1 solve83 / 108

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

Tuam Re-Open Sunday 2021: 21.54Seaside Solving Sunday 2022: 13.16Cubing with the Cats Sunday 2022: 12.68Dublin Open Saturday 2022: 10.69Irish Championship 2022: 10.92Tuam Open Saturday 2022: 10.86Belfast Winter 2023: 10.55It's a Long Way to Tipperary 2023: 8.48Irish Championship 2023: 10.63Solving by the Shannon 2023: 8.07Cubing with the Cats Saturday 2023: 8.20Mayo Cubing 2023: 9.21Meath Autumn 2023: 8.97Tuam Winter 2023: 8.89Rebel County Cubing 2024: 9.40Gort-a Go Fast 2024: 9.2450 and Counting Ireland 2024: 9.38Rubik's Irish Championship 2024: 9.35Mayo Cubing 2024: 8.00Tír Chonaill Cubing 2024: 10.82Dublin Winter Solving 2025: 9.26Gort-a Go Fast 2025: 8.88Let's Go Carlow 2025: 8.99Rubik's Irish Championship 2025: 8.94Mayo Cubing 2025: 9.168.0021.5428 Nov 202113 Sep 2025

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.

  • Rían Burke — met in 323 rounds, finished ahead 136 times
  • Ronan Finke — met in 314 rounds, finished ahead 161 times
  • Ben Timmons — met in 310 rounds, finished ahead 141 times

Next targets

  • A sub-1 Skewb single — 35 people have one; it is 0.61 away.
  • A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.39 away.

Targets move as he improves.