People · Ireland
Dara Kelly
3×3 · top 35.0% of 284,439 all-time · competing since April 2022 · 2022KELL04
Dara Kelly has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 18.30, set at Don't Go Slow in Wicklow 2025, puts him in the top 35.0% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 482nd in Ireland. Across 10 competitions since April 2022, he has put 150 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 67% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 27.38 in April 2022 to 18.30, a 33% improvement. Dara has entered ten competitions, more competitions than 92% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Ireland | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 18.30 | 20.36 | top 35.0% | 482 / 1,427 | |
| 2×2 | 5.16 | 7.73 | top 41.3% | 514 / 1,163 | |
| 4×4 | 1:59.10 | — | top 81.3% | 441 / 579 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 1:03.85 | — | early days — 2 solves | 371 / 448 | |
| 5×5 | 3:51.25 | — | top 90.5% | 277 / 296 |
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
- 23 Jul 2022First sub-20 3×3: 19.36 at Cubing with the Cats Saturday 2022.
- 23 Jul 2022Four personal bests in one day at Cubing with the Cats Saturday 2022.
- 9 Apr 2022First competition: Seaside Solving Saturday 2022. A 29.73 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Don't Go Slow in Wicklow 2025 · 26 Apr 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Let's Go Carlow 2025 · 29 Mar 2025
- Dublin Summer Solving Sunday 2023 · 20 Aug 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Irish Championship 2023 · 7 Jul 2023
- Tuam Open Sunday 2022 · 27 Nov 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Irish Championship 2022 · 4 Nov 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Cubing in Cill Chainnigh 2022 · 8 Oct 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Dublin Open Saturday 2022 · 20 Aug 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Cubing with the Cats Saturday 2022 · 23 Jul 2022 — 4 personal bests set
- Seaside Solving Saturday 2022 · 9 Apr 2022 — 1 personal best set
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.
- Conor Reilly — met in 34 rounds, never finished ahead
- Conor Smith — met in 30 rounds, finished ahead once
- Mary Hennessy — met in 30 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 3.30 away.
- A sub-5 2×2 single — 73,413 people have one; it is 0.16 away.
Targets move as he improves.