People · Ireland
Iollan Walsh
3×3 · top 0.39% of 284,439 all-time · competing since November 2021 · 2021WALS03
Iollan Walsh has been competing for 5 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 5.84, set at Don't Go Slow in Wicklow 2025, puts him in the top 0.39% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 6th in Ireland. Until June 2011, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 48 competitions since November 2021, he has put 2,170 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 56% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 20.29 in November 2021 to 5.84, a 71% improvement. Iollan has entered 48 competitions, more competitions than 99% 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 | 5.84 | 7.42 | top 0.39% | 6 / 1,427 | |
| Pyraminx | 2.74 | 5.54 | top 2.8% | 40 / 911 | |
| 2×2 | 1.92 | 3.11 | top 4.2% | 77 / 1,163 | |
| 4×4 | 38.32 | 41.09 | top 10.1% | 62 / 579 | |
| Skewb | 3.97 | 7.20 | top 10.7% | 78 / 624 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 16.52 | 19.10 | top 11.4% | 41 / 448 | |
| 5×5 | 1:27.33 | 1:34.94 | top 25.2% | 78 / 296 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 40 moves | — | early days — 2 solves | 39 / 88 | |
| Clock | 20.42 | 24.22 | top 65.9% | 237 / 331 |
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 Sep 2024Three personal bests in one day at Mayo Cubing 2024.
- 9 Sep 2023Four personal bests in one day at Cubing in Cill Chainnigh 2023.
- 13 May 2023Three personal bests in one day at It's a Long Way to Tipperary 2023.
- 15 Apr 2023Five personal bests in one day at Don't Lockup Loch Garman 2023.
- 25 Feb 2023Four personal bests in one day at Cork Spring 2023.
- 14 Jan 2023Five personal bests in one day at Belfast Winter 2023.
Competitions
- Rubik's Irish Championship 2026 · 24 Jul 2026
- Rubik's WCA European Championship 2026 · 16 Jul 2026
- Gort-a Go Fast 2026 · 7 Mar 2026
- Cork Spring 2026 · 21 Feb 2026
- Leopardstown Cube Races 2025 · 13 Dec 2025
- Rebel County Colours 2025 · 27 Sep 2025
- Mayo Cubing 2025 · 13 Sep 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Dublin Autumn Solving 2025 · 30 Aug 2025
- Rubik's Irish Championship 2025 · 15 Aug 2025
- Dublin Summer Solving 2025 · 21 Jun 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Castletown Showdown 2025 · 31 May 2025
- Don't Go Slow in Wicklow 2025 · 26 Apr 2025 — 1 personal best set
- UCD Cube Days 2025 · 12 Apr 2025
- Let's Go Carlow 2025 · 29 Mar 2025
- Gort-a Go Fast 2025 · 8 Mar 2025
- Cork Spring 2025 · 22 Feb 2025
- Marble City Cubing IE 2025 · 15 Feb 2025
- Don't Fail Kinsale 2024 · 30 Nov 2024
- Meath for Speed 2024 · 12 Oct 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Mayo Cubing 2024 · 21 Sep 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Rubik's WCA European Championship 2024 · 25 Jul 2024
- Midlands Mix-up 2024 · 20 Jul 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Rubik's Irish Championship 2024 · 5 Jul 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Rubik's Irish Championship FMC 2024 · 29 Jun 2024
- 50 and Counting Ireland 2024 · 27 Apr 2024 — 1 personal best set
- UCD Cube Days 2024 · 13 Apr 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Cork Spring 2024 · 24 Feb 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Gort-a Go Fast 2024 · 27 Jan 2024
- Rebel County Cubing 2024 · 13 Jan 2024
- Don't Fail Kinsale 2023 · 2 Dec 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Tuam Winter 2023 · 4 Nov 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Meath Autumn 2023 · 14 Oct 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Mayo Cubing 2023 · 23 Sep 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Cubing in Cill Chainnigh 2023 · 9 Sep 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- Dublin Summer Solving Saturday 2023 · 19 Aug 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Solving by the Shannon 2023 · 22 Jul 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Irish Championship 2023 · 7 Jul 2023 — 1 personal best set
- It's a Long Way to Tipperary 2023 · 13 May 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Don't Lockup Loch Garman 2023 · 15 Apr 2023 — 5 personal bests set
- Cork Spring 2023 · 25 Feb 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- Belfast Winter 2023 · 14 Jan 2023 — 5 personal bests set
- Tuam Open Saturday 2022 · 26 Nov 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Irish Championship 2022 · 4 Nov 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Cubing in Cill Chainnigh 2022 · 8 Oct 2022 — 4 personal bests set
- Dublin Open Saturday 2022 · 20 Aug 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Cubing with the Cats Sunday 2022 · 24 Jul 2022 — 7 personal bests set
- Don't DNF Dublin 2022 · 2 Jul 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Tuam Re-Open Sunday 2021 · 28 Nov 2021 — 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 406 rounds, finished ahead 185 times
- Rían Burke — met in 362 rounds, finished ahead 135 times
- Ronan Finke — met in 360 rounds, finished ahead 145 times
Next targets
- A sub-5 3×3 single — 344 people have one; it is 0.84 away.
- A sub-2 Pyraminx single — 1,476 people have one; it is 0.74 away.
Targets move as he improves.