People · Ireland
Jack Smyth
2×2 · top 4.0% of 189,179 all-time · competing since July 2022 · 2022SMYT01
Jack Smyth has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.87, set at Rubik's Irish Championship 2024, puts him in the top 4.0% of the 189,179 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 75th in Ireland. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 7 competitions since July 2022, he has put 311 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 56% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 24.42 in July 2022 to 9.31, a 62% improvement. Jack 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 1.87 | 4.40 | top 4.0% | 75 / 1,190 | |
| 3×3 | 9.31 | 11.48 | top 5.6% | 93 / 1,465 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.43 | 10.73 | top 16.0% | 193 / 924 | |
| Square-1 | 19.41 | 29.00 | top 26.6% | 60 / 198 | |
| 4×4 | 52.81 | 59.06 | top 28.2% | 135 / 586 | |
| Clock | 10.80 | 12.65 | top 29.0% | 103 / 342 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 23.21 | 27.31 | top 29.4% | 110 / 454 | |
| 5×5 | 1:35.53 | 1:57.93 | top 32.0% | 97 / 300 | |
| Skewb | 8.54 | 13.61 | top 45.4% | 299 / 632 | |
| Megaminx | 2:20.23 | — | top 56.6% | 162 / 288 | |
| 6×6 | 3:53.02 | 3:58.94 | top 63.3% | 95 / 144 | |
| 7×7 | 6:54.08 | — | early days — 2 solves | 89 / 108 |
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
- 12 Apr 2025First sub-10 3×3: 9.31 at UCD Cube Days 2025.
- 12 Apr 2025Five personal bests in one day at UCD Cube Days 2025.
- 5 Jul 2024Five personal bests in one day at Rubik's Irish Championship 2024.
- 20 Aug 2023Six personal bests in one day at Dublin Summer Solving Sunday 2023.
- 15 Apr 2023Three personal bests in one day at Don't Lockup Loch Garman 2023.
- 11 Mar 2023First sub-20 3×3: 13.78 at Turnin' in Termonfeckin Saturday 2023.
Competitions
- UCD Cube Days 2025 · 12 Apr 2025 — 5 personal bests set
- Rubik's Irish Championship 2024 · 5 Jul 2024 — 5 personal bests set
- Corduff Cubing Sunday 2024 · 18 Feb 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Dublin Summer Solving Sunday 2023 · 20 Aug 2023 — 6 personal bests set
- Don't Lockup Loch Garman 2023 · 15 Apr 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Turnin' in Termonfeckin Saturday 2023 · 11 Mar 2023 — 6 personal bests set
- Cubing with the Cats Sunday 2022 · 24 Jul 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.
- Daithí O'Connor — met in 61 rounds, finished ahead 28 times
- Richard Madden — met in 61 rounds, never finished ahead
- Cillian Hainbach — met in 60 rounds, finished ahead twice
Next targets
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,050 people have one; it is 0.87 away.
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 1.31 away.
Targets move as he improves.