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Cormac Finke

2×2 · top 1.4% of 186,767 all-time · competing since November 2021 · 2021FINK01

Cormac Finke has been competing for 5 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.30, set at Rebel County Colours 2025, puts him in the top 1.4% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 25th in Ireland. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 56 competitions since November 2021, he has put 2,769 official solves on the record across 15 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 64% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 31.71 in November 2021 to 10.60, a 67% improvement. Cormac has entered 56 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 1.4% of 186,767 all-time
1.30
signature single · Rebel County Colours 2025
2,769
official solves on the record
14%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 64% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingIreland
2×21.303.07
top 1.4%25 / 1,163
Square-17.9210.28
top 2.9%10 / 194
Pyraminx2.955.98
top 3.5%52 / 911
Skewb2.855.61
top 4.3%30 / 624
3×310.6013.54
top 9.3%147 / 1,427
Clock7.208.82
top 11.7%51 / 331
Megaminx1:06.371:17.66
top 13.6%47 / 283
4×443.7652.50
top 16.7%91 / 579
3×3 Fewest Moves32 moves35.67
top 20.4%16 / 88
3×3 one-handed21.5324.65
top 24.7%85 / 448
5×51:27.291:41.20
top 25.1%77 / 296
6×62:36.232:57.69
top 28.8%46 / 142
3×3 blindfolded2:10.30—
top 36.7%29 / 59
7×74:50.895:09.92
top 48.0%57 / 108
3×3 Multi-Blind2 of 2 cubes · 12:52—
top 66.3%18 / 24

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

Tuam Re-Open Sunday 2021: 31.71Seaside Solving Sunday 2022: 32.76Cubing with the Cats Sunday 2022: 19.02Dublin Open Sunday 2022: 26.09Cubing in Cill Chainnigh 2022: 22.07Irish Championship 2022: 20.74Belfast Winter 2023: 22.12Cork Spring 2023: 22.86Turnin' in Termonfeckin Saturday 2023: 22.61Don't Lockup Loch Garman 2023: 21.75It's a Long Way to Tipperary 2023: 20.13Irish Championship 2023: 16.82Solving by the Shannon 2023: 15.58Cubing with the Cats Saturday 2023: 18.76Dublin Summer Solving Saturday 2023: 18.38Mayo Cubing 2023: 15.48Meath Autumn 2023: 14.15Tuam Winter 2023: 19.10Don't Fail Kinsale 2023: 15.17Rebel County Cubing 2024: 16.42Gort-a Go Fast 2024: 17.24Cork Spring 2024: 13.75Turnin' Offaly Fast 2024: 13.6650 and Counting Ireland 2024: 13.12Please Be Qualified Ireland 2024: 17.15Rubik's Irish Championship 2024: 14.17Rubik's WCA European Championship 2024: 14.06Cubing with the Kilkenny Cats Sunday 2024: 11.59Dublin Summer Solving 2024: 13.30Mayo Cubing 2024: 13.87Tír Chonaill Cubing 2024: 12.86Don't Fail Kinsale 2024: 12.32Marble City Cubing IE 2025: 13.86Cork Spring 2025: 11.49Gort-a Go Fast 2025: 12.32Let's Go Carlow 2025: 10.60UCD Cube Days 2025: 11.63It's a Long Way to Tipperary 2025: 13.09Castletown Showdown 2025: 12.81Rubik's Irish Championship 2025: 12.15Rebel County Colours 2025: 11.87Cork Spring 2026: 12.09Gort-a Go Fast 2026: 11.38TUD Unscramble Day 2026: 13.13Solving Ferry Fast Rosslare 2026: 12.93UCD Cube Days 2026: 12.60Lets Go Back to Carlow 2026: 13.40Rubik's Irish Championship 2026: 11.86Éire 100 2026: 11.9010.6032.7628 Nov 202122 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 595 rounds, finished ahead 58 times
  • Ronan Finke — met in 569 rounds, finished ahead 54 times
  • Rían Burke — met in 525 rounds, finished ahead 21 times

Next targets

  • A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.30 away.
  • A sub-6 Square-1 single — 201 people have one; it is 1.92 away.

Targets move as he improves.