People · Ireland
Finnbar McGovern
3×3 · top 8.4% of 284,439 all-time · competing since August 2022 · 2022GOVE02
Finnbar McGovern has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.33, set at Wiltshire Autumn 2023, puts him in the top 8.4% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 132nd in Ireland. Until May 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 7 competitions since August 2022, he has put 141 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one; 91% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 16.06 in August 2022 to 10.33, a 36% improvement. Finnbar has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% 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 | 10.33 | 13.03 | top 8.4% | 132 / 1,427 | |
| 2×2 | 3.03 | 4.95 | top 14.6% | 209 / 1,163 | |
| 4×4 | 1:19.48 | — | early days — 3 solves | 290 / 579 | |
| Pyraminx | 10.49 | 17.97 | top 56.8% | 572 / 911 | |
| 5×5 | 2:58.63 | — | early days — 1 solve | 228 / 296 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 54.89 | — | early days — 1 solve | 335 / 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
- 8 Oct 2022First sub-15 3×3: 11.77 at Chippenham Autumn 2022.
- 27 Aug 2022First competition: August Bank Holiday Cheltenham 2022. A 20.02 3×3 single to start from.
- 27 Aug 2022First sub-20 3×3: 16.06 at August Bank Holiday Cheltenham 2022.
Competitions
- Weston-super-Mare Autumn 2023 · 18 Nov 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Wiltshire Autumn 2023 · 9 Sep 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Bristol Summer 2023 · 8 Jul 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Wiltshire Summer 2023 · 17 Jun 2023
- Wiltshire Spring 2023 · 25 Mar 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Chippenham Autumn 2022 · 8 Oct 2022 — 1 personal best set
- August Bank Holiday Cheltenham 2022 · 27 Aug 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.
- Aidan Grainger — met in 32 rounds, never finished ahead
- Blue James — met in 28 rounds, finished ahead 18 times
- Ffion Haf Kerton — met in 28 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.33 away.
- A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.03 away.
Targets move as he improves.