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Conor Smith

2×2 · top 2.2% of 186,767 all-time · competing since September 2018 · 2018SMIT37

Conor Smith has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.51, set at Gort-a Go Fast 2026, puts him in the top 2.2% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 43rd in Ireland. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 61 competitions since September 2018, he has put 3,129 official solves on the record across 16 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 69% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 21.13 in September 2018 to 8.41, a 60% improvement. Conor has entered 61 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 2.2% of 186,767 all-time
1.51
signature single · Gort-a Go Fast 2026
3,129
official solves on the record
14%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 69% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingIreland
2×21.512.61
top 2.2%43 / 1,163
Pyraminx2.975.49
top 3.5%56 / 911
3×38.4111.55
top 3.6%60 / 1,427
Skewb3.516.22
top 7.8%51 / 624
5×51:13.161:19.63
top 13.9%41 / 296
4×442.4148.07
top 15.0%85 / 579
6×62:10.172:21.85
top 15.4%22 / 142
Square-115.0323.13
top 16.5%38 / 194
7×73:24.483:41.03
top 17.9%18 / 108
Clock8.6510.52
top 18.2%72 / 331
Megaminx1:18.571:23.23
top 20.8%65 / 283
3×3 one-handed21.8726.77
top 25.6%92 / 448
3×3 blindfolded2:23.702:59.60
top 41.3%32 / 59
3×3 Fewest Moves43 moves47.00
top 59.0%47 / 88
3×3 Multi-Blind2 of 3 cubes · 19:14—
early days — 3 solves22 / 24
4×4 blindfolded23:22.00—
early days — 1 solve16 / 16

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

Stratford-upon-Avon Open 2018: 21.13Manchester Open 2019: 19.49Chester Open 2019: 19.86Cork Open 2019: 18.47Irish Championship 2019: 17.45Cubing in Cill Chainnigh 2019: 15.88Every Event Éire 2019: 15.55Don't DNF Dublin 2020: 16.96Tuam Re-Open Saturday 2021: 14.60Seaside Solving Saturday 2022: 14.60Dublin Open Saturday 2022: 14.03Cubing in Cill Chainnigh 2022: 17.23Irish Championship 2022: 12.57Tuam Open Sunday 2022: 16.07UK New Year Countdown 2023: 19.48Cork Spring 2023: 16.88Turnin' in Termonfeckin Sunday 2023: 14.89It's a Long Way to Tipperary 2023: 13.49Irish Championship 2023: 16.23Cubing in Cill Chainnigh 2023: 15.21Mayo Cubing 2023: 13.10Meath Autumn 2023: 16.06Don't Fail Kinsale 2023: 13.05Rebel County Cubing 2024: 15.88Gort-a Go Fast 2024: 16.30Corduff Cubing Sunday 2024: 9.13Cork Spring 2024: 12.21Turnin' Offaly Fast 2024: 12.34UCD Cube Days 2024: 13.2550 and Counting Ireland 2024: 13.46Please Be Qualified Ireland 2024: 13.76Turnin' in Termonfeckin Sunday 2024: 12.96Rubik's Irish Championship 2024: 12.26Rubik's WCA European Championship 2024: 15.77Mayo Cubing 2024: 12.98Rubik's UK Championship 2024: 11.51Don't Fail Kinsale 2024: 8.84Dublin Winter Solving 2025: 11.75Marble City Cubing IE 2025: 10.98Cork Spring 2025: 12.22Gort-a Go Fast 2025: 11.49Let's Go Carlow 2025: 12.87Don't Go Slow in Wicklow 2025: 12.69It's a Long Way to Tipperary 2025: 12.87Castletown Showdown 2025: 8.41PBs in Phibblestown 2025: 11.11Dublin Summer Solving 2025: 11.23Rubik's Irish Championship 2025: 11.76Dublin Autumn Solving 2025: 10.26Mayo Cubing 2025: 10.98Cork Spring 2026: 12.67Gort-a Go Fast 2026: 12.72Rubik's Irish Championship 2026: 13.51Éire 100 2026: 11.648.4121.1322 Sep 201822 Aug 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.

  • Ben Timmons — met in 635 rounds, finished ahead 114 times
  • Simon Kelly — met in 475 rounds, finished ahead 283 times
  • William Carey — met in 442 rounds, finished ahead 83 times

Next targets

  • A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.51 away.
  • A sub-2 Pyraminx single — 1,476 people have one; it is 0.97 away.

Targets move as he improves.