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Connell Quinlan
Pyraminx · top 2.8% of 130,891 all-time · competing since September 2023 · 2023QUIN24
Connell Quinlan has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 2.71, set at Roscommon Cubing 2026, puts him in the top 2.8% of the 130,891 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 38th in Ireland. Until October 2010, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 17 competitions since September 2023, he has put 641 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 50% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 59.86 in September 2023 to 14.24, a 76% improvement. Connell has entered 17 competitions, more competitions than 96% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Ireland | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 2.71 | 6.14 | top 2.8% | 38 / 924 | |
| Skewb | 3.69 | 5.61 | top 8.9% | 58 / 632 | |
| 2×2 | 2.64 | 3.77 | top 10.4% | 150 / 1,190 | |
| Clock | 9.00 | 11.42 | top 19.9% | 79 / 342 | |
| 3×3 | 14.24 | 17.57 | top 21.9% | 322 / 1,465 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 27.90 | 32.02 | top 41.8% | 168 / 454 | |
| 4×4 | 1:06.21 | 1:12.79 | top 43.2% | 214 / 586 | |
| 5×5 | 2:08.08 | 2:44.07 | top 54.4% | 159 / 300 | |
| Megaminx | 2:24.58 | — | top 58.8% | 171 / 288 | |
| 6×6 | 5:27.75 | — | early days — 2 solves | 126 / 144 |
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
- 5 Sep 2026Three personal bests in one day at Mayo Cubing 2026.
- 7 Mar 2026Five personal bests in one day at Gort-a Go Fast 2026.
- 29 Nov 2025Three personal bests in one day at Solving by the Barrow 2025.
- 13 Sep 2025First sub-15 3×3: 14.62 at Mayo Cubing 2025.
- 13 Sep 2025Six personal bests in one day at Mayo Cubing 2025.
- 15 Aug 2025Five personal bests in one day at Rubik's Irish Championship 2025.
Competitions
- Mayo Cubing 2026 · 5 Sep 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Éire 100 2026 · 22 Aug 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Rubik's Irish Championship 2026 · 24 Jul 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Roscommon Cubing 2026 · 16 May 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- UCD Cube Days 2026 · 25 Apr 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Gort-a Go Fast 2026 · 7 Mar 2026 — 5 personal bests set
- Solving by the Barrow 2025 · 29 Nov 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Mayo Cubing 2025 · 13 Sep 2025 — 6 personal bests set
- Rubik's Irish Championship 2025 · 15 Aug 2025 — 5 personal bests set
- Dublin Summer Solving 2025 · 21 Jun 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Gort-a Go Fast 2025 · 8 Mar 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Marble City Cubing IE 2025 · 15 Feb 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Tír Chonaill Cubing 2024 · 16 Nov 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- Mayo Cubing 2024 · 21 Sep 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Rubik's Irish Championship 2024 · 5 Jul 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Gort-a Go Fast 2024 · 27 Jan 2024
- Mayo Cubing 2023 · 23 Sep 2023
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.
- Ben Timmons — met in 144 rounds, finished ahead 10 times
- Lucas Patrick Dowling — met in 141 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Tom Doherty — met in 132 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
Next targets
- A sub-2 Pyraminx single — 1,497 people have one; it is 0.71 away.
- A sub-3 Skewb single — 3,709 people have one; it is 0.69 away.
Targets move as he improves.