People · Ireland
Darragh Galvin
Pyraminx · top 5.3% of 129,321 all-time · competing since December 2025 · 2025GALV06
Darragh Galvin has been competing for 9 months. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 3.47, set at Roscommon Cubing 2026, puts him in the top 5.3% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 78th in Ireland. Until February 2008, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 6 competitions since December 2025, he has put 132 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 75% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 30.00 in December 2025 to 12.55, a 58% improvement. Darragh has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Ireland | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 3.47 | 8.80 | top 5.3% | 78 / 911 | |
| 3×3 | 12.55 | 16.19 | top 15.8% | 214 / 1,427 | |
| 2×2 | 3.44 | 4.61 | top 19.4% | 271 / 1,163 | |
| Skewb | 9.30 | 13.53 | top 50.5% | 326 / 624 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 32.26 | 40.67 | top 51.7% | 202 / 448 |
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
- 24 Jul 2026First sub-15 3×3: 12.55 at Rubik's Irish Championship 2026.
- 16 May 2026Four personal bests in one day at Roscommon Cubing 2026.
- 7 Mar 2026First sub-20 3×3: 19.31 at Gort-a Go Fast 2026.
- 7 Feb 2026First sub-30 3×3: 27.62 at Lets Go Carlow 2026.
- 13 Dec 2025First competition: Leopardstown Cube Races 2025. A 30.00 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Rubik's Irish Championship 2026 · 24 Jul 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Lets Go Back to Carlow 2026 · 30 May 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Roscommon Cubing 2026 · 16 May 2026 — 4 personal bests set
- Gort-a Go Fast 2026 · 7 Mar 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Lets Go Carlow 2026 · 7 Feb 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Leopardstown Cube Races 2025 · 13 Dec 2025
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 27 rounds, finished ahead once
- Lucas Patrick Dowling — met in 27 rounds, never finished ahead
- Oisín Olwill — met in 27 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-3 Pyraminx single — 4,700 people have one; it is 0.47 away.
- A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 0.55 away.
Targets move as he improves.