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Graham D. Downey
Pyraminx · top 5.9% of 129,321 all-time · competing since April 2022 · 2022DOWN01
Graham D. Downey has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 3.61, set at Cork Spring 2023, puts him in the top 5.9% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 83rd in Ireland. Until February 2008, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 8 competitions since April 2022, he has put 351 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 63% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 19.56 in April 2022 to 9.54, a 51% improvement. Graham has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Ireland | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 3.61 | 9.43 | top 5.9% | 83 / 911 | |
| 3×3 | 9.54 | 11.23 | top 6.2% | 97 / 1,427 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 18.43 | 24.42 | top 16.2% | 57 / 448 | |
| Skewb | 5.18 | 7.05 | top 19.5% | 135 / 624 | |
| 2×2 | 3.52 | 4.57 | top 20.5% | 283 / 1,163 | |
| Square-1 | 17.86 | 29.58 | top 23.1% | 51 / 194 | |
| 4×4 | 51.46 | 52.50 | top 26.5% | 127 / 579 | |
| 5×5 | 1:45.61 | 1:50.96 | top 39.6% | 116 / 296 | |
| Clock | 17.70 | 20.19 | top 57.8% | 203 / 331 | |
| Megaminx | 2:23.51 | — | top 58.1% | 166 / 283 |
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 Feb 2024First sub-10 3×3: 9.54 at Cork Spring 2024.
- 24 Feb 2024Six personal bests in one day at Cork Spring 2024.
- 2 Dec 2023Six personal bests in one day at Don't Fail Kinsale 2023.
- 15 Apr 2023Five personal bests in one day at Don't Lockup Loch Garman 2023.
- 25 Feb 2023First sub-15 3×3: 13.55 at Cork Spring 2023.
- 25 Feb 2023Eight personal bests in one day at Cork Spring 2023.
Competitions
- Rebel County Colours 2025 · 27 Sep 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Cork Spring 2024 · 24 Feb 2024 — 6 personal bests set
- Don't Fail Kinsale 2023 · 2 Dec 2023 — 6 personal bests set
- Don't Lockup Loch Garman 2023 · 15 Apr 2023 — 5 personal bests set
- Cork Spring 2023 · 25 Feb 2023 — 8 personal bests set
- Irish Championship 2022 · 4 Nov 2022
- Cubing with the Cats Sunday 2022 · 24 Jul 2022 — 6 personal bests set
- Seaside Solving Sunday 2022 · 10 Apr 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.
- Ronan Finke — met in 71 rounds, finished ahead 12 times
- Cormac Finke — met in 69 rounds, finished ahead 51 times
- Ben Timmons — met in 67 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
Next targets
- A sub-3 Pyraminx single — 4,700 people have one; it is 0.61 away.
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.54 away.
Targets move as he improves.