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Chris O'Shea

Megaminx · top 1.2% of 34,786 all-time · competing since July 2022 · 2022OSHE02

Chris O'Shea has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the Megaminx: a personal-best single of 38.24, set at Rubik's Irish Championship 2026, puts him in the top 1.2% of the 34,786 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 8th in Ireland. Until November 2014, no official Megaminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 23 competitions since July 2022, he has put 1,363 official solves on the record across 14 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 84% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 18.95 in January 2024 to 7.72, a 59% improvement. Chris has entered 23 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.

Megaminx
best event — top 1.2% of 34,786 all-time
38.24
signature single · Rubik's Irish Championship 2026
1,363
official solves on the record
15%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 84% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingIreland
Megaminx38.2442.15
top 1.2%8 / 283
Clock3.754.57
top 1.9%9 / 331
Skewb2.253.56
top 2.1%14 / 624
Pyraminx2.504.90
top 2.2%30 / 911
3×37.729.84
top 2.3%47 / 1,427
2×21.652.64
top 2.8%53 / 1,163
4×432.9136.34
top 4.9%29 / 579
5×51:01.911:10.06
top 6.6%19 / 296
3×3 one-handed14.2518.75
top 6.6%24 / 448
Square-111.6615.32
top 9.2%25 / 194
6×62:21.572:26.95
top 21.2%29 / 142
3×3 blindfolded1:29.15—
top 22.7%19 / 59
7×73:57.244:17.54
top 29.6%27 / 108
3×3 Fewest Moves40 moves—
top 48.3%39 / 88

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

Rebel County Cubing 2024: 18.95Turnin' Offaly Fast 2024: 18.08Please Be Qualified Ireland 2024: 15.15Cubing with the Kilkenny Cats Saturday 2024: 12.13Don't Fail Kinsale 2024: 12.96Marble City Cubing IE 2025: 11.72Cork Spring 2025: 9.74Gort-a Go Fast 2025: 11.53It's a Long Way to Tipperary 2025: 9.81Castletown Showdown 2025: 10.21Rubik's Irish Championship 2025: 9.25Rebel County Colours 2025: 9.00Re-Laois the Cubers 2025: 10.26Solving by the Barrow 2025: 9.73Cork Spring 2026: 7.72Gort-a Go Fast 2026: 8.11Solving Ferry Fast Rosslare 2026: 9.35Re-Laois the Cubers 2026: 8.16Rubik's Irish Championship 2026: 9.107.7218.9513 Jan 202424 Jul 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.

Next targets

  • A sub-30 Megaminx single — 75 people have one; it is 8.24 away.
  • A sub-3 Clock single — 239 people have one; it is 0.75 away.

Targets move as he improves.