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Fintan Birmingham
Pyraminx · top 20.0% of 129,321 all-time · competing since August 2024 · 2024BIRM01
Fintan Birmingham has been competing for 2 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 6.00, set at Tír Chonaill Cubing 2024, puts him in the top 20.0% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 227th in Ireland. Across 4 competitions since August 2024, he has put 142 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one, an early reading from 7 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 30.20 in August 2024 to 18.93, a 37% improvement. Fintan has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Ireland | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 6.00 | 10.85 | top 20.0% | 227 / 911 | |
| Clock | 11.50 | 13.24 | top 32.6% | 114 / 331 | |
| 2×2 | 4.49 | 5.44 | top 32.8% | 408 / 1,163 | |
| Skewb | 7.35 | 9.22 | top 36.4% | 235 / 624 | |
| 3×3 | 18.93 | 21.33 | top 36.9% | 508 / 1,427 | |
| Megaminx | 1:55.42 | 2:18.56 | top 43.4% | 125 / 283 | |
| 4×4 | 1:13.91 | 1:21.78 | top 50.6% | 256 / 579 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 38.45 | 40.63 | top 63.0% | 241 / 448 | |
| 5×5 | 2:24.31 | 2:38.09 | top 63.1% | 181 / 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
- 21 Jun 2025First sub-20 3×3: 18.93 at Dublin Summer Solving 2025.
- 21 Jun 2025Four personal bests in one day at Dublin Summer Solving 2025.
- 16 Nov 2024First sub-30 3×3: 20.81 at Tír Chonaill Cubing 2024.
- 16 Nov 2024Five personal bests in one day at Tír Chonaill Cubing 2024.
- 17 Aug 2024First competition: Dublin Summer Solving 2024. A 30.20 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Dublin Summer Solving 2025 · 21 Jun 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- UCD Cube Days 2025 · 12 Apr 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Tír Chonaill Cubing 2024 · 16 Nov 2024 — 5 personal bests set
- Dublin Summer Solving 2024 · 17 Aug 2024
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.
- Rían Burke — met in 31 rounds, finished ahead once
- Ben Timmons — met in 31 rounds, never finished ahead
- Nathan Callaghan — met in 30 rounds, finished ahead twice
Next targets
- A sub-5 Pyraminx single — 17,019 people have one; it is 1.00 away.
- A sub-10 Clock single — 8,040 people have one; it is 1.50 away.
Targets move as he improves.