People · Ireland
Eric Quinn
2×2 · top 0.99% of 189,179 all-time · competing since August 2019 · 2019QUIN11
Eric Quinn has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.18, set at Irish Championship 2023, puts him in the top 0.99% of the 189,179 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 22nd in Ireland. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 20 competitions since August 2019, he has put 1,078 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 53% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 28.48 in August 2019 to 8.50, a 70% improvement. Eric 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 1.18 | 3.30 | top 0.99% | 22 / 1,190 | |
| 3×3 | 8.50 | 10.25 | top 3.8% | 63 / 1,465 | |
| 4×4 | 35.04 | 41.03 | top 6.8% | 42 / 586 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.62 | 8.42 | top 10.9% | 145 / 924 | |
| Skewb | 4.11 | 7.74 | top 11.7% | 86 / 632 | |
| 5×5 | 1:13.82 | 1:21.89 | top 14.5% | 46 / 300 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 19.56 | 25.55 | top 19.4% | 69 / 454 | |
| 6×6 | 2:29.03 | 2:44.52 | top 25.3% | 40 / 144 | |
| Square-1 | 27.78 | 34.56 | top 45.2% | 94 / 198 | |
| 7×7 | 4:43.55 | 4:57.11 | top 45.7% | 52 / 108 | |
| Megaminx | 2:04.09 | — | top 48.2% | 143 / 288 | |
| Clock | 15.12 | 17.47 | top 48.4% | 171 / 342 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 52 moves | — | early days — 1 solve | 68 / 88 |
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
- 7 Jul 2023Four personal bests in one day at Irish Championship 2023.
- 14 Jan 2023Five personal bests in one day at Belfast Winter 2023.
- 27 Nov 2022Five personal bests in one day at Tuam Open Sunday 2022.
- 4 Nov 2022Five personal bests in one day at Irish Championship 2022.
- 8 Oct 2022Five personal bests in one day at Cubing in Cill Chainnigh 2022.
- 21 Aug 2022First sub-10 3×3: 9.50 at Dublin Open Sunday 2022.
Competitions
- Meath for Speed 2025 · 26 Jul 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Rubik's Irish Championship 2024 · 5 Jul 2024
- Tuam Winter 2023 · 4 Nov 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Cubing in Cill Chainnigh 2023 · 9 Sep 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Dublin Summer Solving Sunday 2023 · 20 Aug 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Irish Championship 2023 · 7 Jul 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- It's a Long Way to Tipperary 2023 · 13 May 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Turnin' in Termonfeckin Saturday 2023 · 11 Mar 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Belfast Winter 2023 · 14 Jan 2023 — 5 personal bests set
- Tuam Open Sunday 2022 · 27 Nov 2022 — 5 personal bests set
- Irish Championship 2022 · 4 Nov 2022 — 5 personal bests set
- Cubing in Cill Chainnigh 2022 · 8 Oct 2022 — 5 personal bests set
- Dublin Open Sunday 2022 · 21 Aug 2022 — 7 personal bests set
- Parla Open 2022 · 9 Jul 2022 — 4 personal bests set
- Don't DNF Dublin 2022 · 2 Jul 2022 — 6 personal bests set
- Seaside Solving Sunday 2022 · 10 Apr 2022 — 3 personal bests set
- Tuam Re-Open Saturday 2021 · 27 Nov 2021 — 2 personal bests set
- Don't DNF Dublin 2020 · 7 Mar 2020 — 3 personal bests set
- Every Event Éire 2019 · 2 Nov 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Cubing in Cill Chainnigh 2019 · 31 Aug 2019
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.
- Richard Madden — met in 165 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Namuun Natsagdorj — met in 164 rounds, finished ahead 42 times
- Simon Kelly — met in 161 rounds, finished ahead 122 times
Next targets
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,050 people have one; it is 0.18 away.
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 0.50 away.
Targets move as he improves.