Sunday 6 September 2026 Rebuilt nightly from the WCA's official results · export of 6 September 2026 · About
The Middle Three
People → South Africa → Conor Cronin

People · South Africa

Conor Cronin

Clock · top 7.7% of 32,048 all-time · competing since May 2013 · 2013CRON01

Conor Cronin has been competing for 13 years. His best event is the Clock: a personal-best single of 6.15, set at Weston-super-Mare Open 2017, puts him in the top 7.7% of the 32,048 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 11th in South Africa. Until July 2011, no official Clock solve in the world had been that fast. Across 22 competitions since May 2013, he has put 1,669 official solves on the record across 17 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 10% around a typical one, steadier than 97% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 17.11 in May 2013 to 10.60, a 38% improvement. Conor has entered 22 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.

Clock
best event — top 7.7% of 32,048 all-time
6.15
signature single · Weston-super-Mare Open 2017
1,669
official solves on the record
10%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 97% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingSouth Africa
Clock6.158.15
top 7.7%11 / 148
Pyraminx4.105.28
top 8.2%62 / 946
Skewb3.695.37
top 8.9%34 / 438
3×310.6012.71
top 9.3%98 / 2,164
2×22.873.55
top 12.8%128 / 1,510
3×3 one-handed17.7621.80
top 14.5%39 / 467
4×442.2047.02
top 14.7%40 / 491
5×51:14.571:19.61
top 15.0%19 / 221
Megaminx1:10.691:35.39
top 16.0%23 / 266
Square-115.3920.02
top 17.3%17 / 118
3×3 Fewest Moves34 moves35.67
top 26.7%14 / 53
7×73:51.094:28.26
top 27.6%12 / 69
3×3 blindfolded1:43.942:04.42
top 28.0%12 / 53
6×62:35.682:39.95
top 28.5%19 / 84
3×3 Multi-Blind3 of 3 cubes · 13:15—
top 49.2%14 / 27
4×4 blindfolded12:42.00—
early days — 2 solves12 / 15
5×5 blindfolded31:24.00—
early days — 1 solve5 / 7

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

Nottingham Open 2013: 17.11Guildford Open 2013: 16.32Cuthberts Open 2013: 15.43Nottingham Open 2014: 12.99Welwyn Garden City Open 2014: 12.55Rubik's Cube European Championships 2014: 14.01ABHC 2014: 13.07Cuthberts Open 2014: 14.53Harrow Spring 2015: 13.35Welwyn Garden City 2015: 12.81Irish Championship 2015: 12.04The Glorious North 2015: 13.52UK Rubik's Cube Championship 2015: 12.66Exeter Open 2016: 12.41European Rubik's Cube Championship 2016: 12.28Guildford Open 2016: 10.71Peterborough Open 2017: 10.60August Bank Holiday Competition 2017: 12.03Weston-super-Mare Open 2017: 12.18Welsh Open 2019: 11.6310.6017.114 May 20139 Mar 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-6 Clock single — 2,324 people have one; it is 0.15 away.
  • A sub-4 Pyraminx single — 9,892 people have one; it is 0.10 away.

Targets move as he improves.