People · United Kingdom
Cormac Farrell
Megaminx · top 2.0% of 34,786 all-time · competing since April 2016 · 2016FARR01
Cormac Farrell has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the Megaminx: a personal-best single of 41.59, set at Chester Open 2019, puts him in the top 2.0% of the 34,786 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 35th in the United Kingdom. Until August 2014, no official Megaminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 27 competitions since April 2016, he has put 1,789 official solves on the record across 14 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 85% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 30.97 in April 2016 to 7.72, a 75% improvement. Cormac has entered 27 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United Kingdom | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Megaminx | 41.59 | 46.42 | top 2.0% | 35 / 966 | |
| 3×3 | 7.72 | 8.89 | top 2.3% | 187 / 6,689 | |
| Pyraminx | 2.64 | 4.13 | top 2.6% | 96 / 3,656 | |
| 2×2 | 2.05 | 3.21 | top 5.1% | 374 / 4,895 | |
| 4×4 | 33.57 | 38.20 | top 5.4% | 129 / 2,071 | |
| Skewb | 3.21 | 5.50 | top 6.1% | 137 / 2,421 | |
| 5×5 | 1:01.20 | 1:04.71 | top 6.2% | 81 / 1,151 | |
| Square-1 | 12.20 | 16.49 | top 10.3% | 106 / 778 | |
| 7×7 | 3:10.52 | 3:27.52 | top 13.5% | 61 / 459 | |
| 6×6 | 2:08.32 | 2:16.03 | top 14.6% | 89 / 548 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 19.52 | 22.22 | top 19.2% | 364 / 1,851 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 2:06.30 | 2:27.31 | top 35.5% | 150 / 311 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 39 moves | 43.33 | top 44.7% | 181 / 372 | |
| Clock | 17.42 | 19.59 | top 56.8% | 737 / 1,232 |
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
- 8 Feb 2020Four personal bests in one day at Fontwell Open 2020.
- 23 Nov 2019Four personal bests in one day at Weston-super-Mare Open 2019.
- 30 Mar 2019Six personal bests in one day at Chester Open 2019.
- 9 Feb 2019Four personal bests in one day at Fontwell Open 2019.
- 24 Nov 2018First sub-10 3×3: 9.43 at Weston-super-Mare Open 2018.
- 24 Nov 2018Five personal bests in one day at Weston-super-Mare Open 2018.
Competitions
- Amsterdam Open 2026 · 22 Feb 2026
- Dutch Nationals 2024 · 15 Nov 2024
- Rubik's UK Championship 2023 · 20 Oct 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Reading Spring 2023 · 22 Apr 2023
- Wiltshire Spring 2023 · 25 Mar 2023 — 1 personal best set
- August Bank Holiday Cheltenham 2022 · 27 Aug 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Wakefield Open 2022 · 29 Jan 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Fontwell Open 2020 · 8 Feb 2020 — 4 personal bests set
- Guildford Open 2020 · 18 Jan 2020 — 1 personal best set
- Weston-super-Mare Open 2019 · 23 Nov 2019 — 4 personal bests set
- UK Championship 2019 · 25 Oct 2019 — 1 personal best set
- August Bank Holiday Celebration 2019 · 24 Aug 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Chester Open 2019 · 30 Mar 2019 — 6 personal bests set
- Fontwell Open 2019 · 9 Feb 2019 — 4 personal bests set
- Weston-super-Mare Open 2018 · 24 Nov 2018 — 5 personal bests set
- UK Championship 2018 · 26 Oct 2018 — 5 personal bests set
- August Bank Holiday Competition 2018 · 25 Aug 2018 — 6 personal bests set
- WCA European Championship 2018 · 19 Jul 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- Peterborough Open 2018 · 30 Jun 2018 — 4 personal bests set
- Guildford Open 2018 · 17 Mar 2018 — 6 personal bests set
- UK Championship 2017 · 27 Oct 2017 — 4 personal bests set
- Guildford Open 2017 · 23 Sep 2017 — 6 personal bests set
- London Open 2017 · 8 Jul 2017 — 4 personal bests set
- Crawley Open 2017 · 3 Jun 2017 — 9 personal bests set
- Peterborough Open 2017 · 4 Mar 2017 — 6 personal bests set
- UK Championship 2016 · 4 Nov 2016 — 2 personal bests set
- Exeter Open 2016 · 2 Apr 2016
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.
- Fabio Schwandt — met in 325 rounds, finished ahead 38 times
- Harry Savage — met in 320 rounds, finished ahead 30 times
- Callum Hales-Jepp — met in 314 rounds, finished ahead 103 times
Next targets
- A sub-40 Megaminx single — 557 people have one; it is 1.59 away.
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.72 away.
Targets move as he improves.