People · Ireland
Efrain Tharian
Pyraminx · top 3.0% of 129,321 all-time · competing since July 2023 · 2023THAR03
Efrain Tharian has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 2.81, set at Termonfeckin Fast 2025, puts him in the top 3.0% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 46th in Ireland. Until October 2010, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 20 competitions since July 2023, he has put 1,090 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 62% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 13.63 in July 2023 to 9.93, a 27% improvement. Efrain has entered 20 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Ireland | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 2.81 | 7.42 | top 3.0% | 46 / 911 | |
| 2×2 | 2.12 | 3.99 | top 5.6% | 89 / 1,163 | |
| 3×3 | 9.93 | 14.38 | top 7.3% | 115 / 1,427 | |
| Skewb | 4.05 | 6.05 | top 11.2% | 82 / 624 | |
| 4×4 | 45.05 | 50.92 | top 18.4% | 100 / 579 | |
| Square-1 | 16.82 | 25.60 | top 20.6% | 44 / 194 | |
| 5×5 | 1:25.73 | 1:34.71 | top 23.9% | 72 / 296 | |
| Clock | 10.20 | 12.20 | top 26.1% | 95 / 331 | |
| Megaminx | 1:36.98 | 1:42.21 | top 32.7% | 97 / 283 | |
| 6×6 | 2:50.53 | 2:57.28 | top 36.3% | 55 / 142 | |
| 7×7 | 4:25.60 | 4:53.22 | top 39.7% | 44 / 108 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 28.18 | 32.67 | top 42.4% | 167 / 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
- 11 Oct 2025Three personal bests in one day at Termonfeckin Fast 2025.
- 30 Aug 2025First sub-10 3×3: 9.93 at Dublin Autumn Solving 2025.
- 26 Jul 2025Five personal bests in one day at Meath for Speed 2025.
- 12 Jul 2025Five personal bests in one day at Cubing with the Kilkenny Cats 2025.
- 26 Apr 2025Four personal bests in one day at Don't Go Slow in Wicklow 2025.
- 4 Aug 2024Four personal bests in one day at Cubing with the Kilkenny Cats Sunday 2024.
Competitions
- Solving by the Barrow 2025 · 29 Nov 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Re-Laois the Cubers 2025 · 25 Oct 2025
- Termonfeckin Fast 2025 · 11 Oct 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Dublin Autumn Solving 2025 · 30 Aug 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Meath for Speed 2025 · 26 Jul 2025 — 5 personal bests set
- Cubing with the Kilkenny Cats 2025 · 12 Jul 2025 — 5 personal bests set
- Dublin Summer Solving 2025 · 21 Jun 2025
- PBs in Phibblestown 2025 · 15 Jun 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Don't Go Slow in Wicklow 2025 · 26 Apr 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- UCD Cube Days 2025 · 12 Apr 2025
- Marble City Cubing IE 2025 · 15 Feb 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Cubing with the Kilkenny Cats Sunday 2024 · 4 Aug 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- Rubik's Irish Championship 2024 · 5 Jul 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Please Be Qualified Ireland 2024 · 18 May 2024 — 6 personal bests set
- 50 and Counting Ireland 2024 · 27 Apr 2024 — 5 personal bests set
- UCD Cube Days 2024 · 13 Apr 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- Corduff Cubing Sunday 2024 · 18 Feb 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- Cubing in Cill Chainnigh 2023 · 9 Sep 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Dublin Summer Solving Sunday 2023 · 20 Aug 2023 — 7 personal bests set
- Solving by the Shannon 2023 · 22 Jul 2023 — 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.
- Ben Timmons — met in 211 rounds, finished ahead 9 times
- Lucas Patrick Dowling — met in 198 rounds, finished ahead 27 times
- Simon Kelly — met in 170 rounds, finished ahead 77 times
Next targets
- A sub-2 Pyraminx single — 1,476 people have one; it is 0.81 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.12 away.
Targets move as he improves.