People · Ireland
John O'Connell
3×3 · top 1.1% of 284,439 all-time · competing since July 2015 · 2015OCON03
John O'Connell has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 6.78, set at Irish Championship 2018, puts him in the top 1.1% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 21st in Ireland. Until November 2010, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 13 competitions since July 2015, he has put 940 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 57% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 25.44 in July 2015 to 6.78, a 73% improvement. John has entered 13 competitions, more competitions than 94% 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 | 6.78 | 10.00 | top 1.1% | 21 / 1,427 | |
| 4×4 | 33.25 | 38.39 | top 5.2% | 32 / 579 | |
| Square-1 | 10.07 | 14.74 | top 6.2% | 18 / 194 | |
| 2×2 | 2.26 | 3.05 | top 6.7% | 104 / 1,163 | |
| Skewb | 3.44 | 5.78 | top 7.3% | 50 / 624 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.21 | 7.25 | top 8.7% | 116 / 911 | |
| 5×5 | 1:09.11 | 1:18.13 | top 11.0% | 33 / 296 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 16.94 | 21.05 | top 12.4% | 43 / 448 | |
| 6×6 | 2:23.26 | 2:30.79 | top 22.2% | 32 / 142 | |
| Megaminx | 1:23.45 | 1:40.73 | top 24.0% | 73 / 283 | |
| 7×7 | 3:56.89 | 4:07.00 | top 29.5% | 26 / 108 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 42 moves | — | early days — 3 solves | 44 / 88 | |
| Clock | 19.24 | 24.04 | top 62.5% | 226 / 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
- 13 Apr 2019Six personal bests in one day at Cork Open 2019.
- 19 Jul 2018Three personal bests in one day at WCA European Championship 2018.
- 14 Jul 2018Seven personal bests in one day at Irish Championship 2018.
- 23 Sep 2017First sub-10 3×3: 9.27 at Guildford Open 2017.
- 23 Sep 2017Six personal bests in one day at Guildford Open 2017.
- 24 Jun 201714 personal bests in one day at Irish Championship 2017.
Competitions
- Cubing in Cill Chainnigh 2019 · 31 Aug 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Irish Championship 2019 · 22 Jun 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Cork Open 2019 · 13 Apr 2019 — 6 personal bests set
- WCA European Championship 2018 · 19 Jul 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- Irish Championship 2018 · 14 Jul 2018 — 7 personal bests set
- Dublin Open 2017 · 2 Dec 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- Guildford Open 2017 · 23 Sep 2017 — 6 personal bests set
- World Rubik's Cube Championship 2017 · 13 Jul 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Irish Championship 2017 · 24 Jun 2017 — 14 personal bests set
- Guildford Open 2016 · 1 Oct 2016 — 6 personal bests set
- Irish Championship 2016 · 25 Jun 2016 — 9 personal bests set
- Manchester Open 2016 · 30 Jan 2016 — 2 personal bests set
- Irish Championship 2015 · 4 Jul 2015
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.
- Callum Hales-Jepp — met in 209 rounds, finished ahead 27 times
- Ciarán Beahan — met in 176 rounds, finished ahead 13 times
- Evan Liu — met in 113 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 0.78 away.
- A sub-30 4×4 single — 2,388 people have one; it is 3.25 away.
Targets move as he improves.