People · United States
Kieran Farley
3×3 · top 16.9% of 288,433 all-time · competing since September 2025 · 2025FARL05
Kieran Farley has been competing for a year. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 12.83, set at Iowa Championship 2026, puts him in the top 16.9% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 9,178th in the United States. Across 5 competitions since September 2025, he has put 185 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 64% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 20.71 in September 2025 to 12.83, a 38% improvement. Kieran has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 12.83 | 14.94 | top 16.9% | 9,178 / 60,666 | |
| 2×2 | 3.30 | 4.39 | top 17.9% | 7,087 / 41,674 | |
| Pyraminx | 7.16 | 9.55 | top 29.2% | 8,190 / 29,168 | |
| Skewb | 7.13 | 12.38 | top 34.8% | 5,955 / 19,164 | |
| Clock | 15.30 | 18.50 | top 49.1% | 4,116 / 9,172 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 32.10 | 44.21 | top 51.5% | 7,213 / 15,900 | |
| Megaminx | 2:44.74 | — | early days — 3 solves | 5,367 / 8,026 | |
| 4×4 | 1:52.33 | — | early days — 2 solves | 14,588 / 19,354 | |
| Square-1 | 57.41 | — | early days — 2 solves | 5,550 / 6,846 |
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
- 19 Sep 2026Five personal bests in one day at Iowa Championship 2026.
- 22 May 2026Three personal bests in one day at CubingUSA Heartland Championship 2026.
- 18 Apr 2026First sub-15 3×3: 13.72 at St. Ansgar 2026.
- 28 Feb 2026First sub-20 3×3: 18.80 at Iowa Winter Cooldown 2026.
- 13 Sep 2025First competition: Corny Cubers Iowa Classic 2025. A 21.68 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Iowa Championship 2026 · 19 Sep 2026 — 5 personal bests set
- CubingUSA Heartland Championship 2026 · 22 May 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- St. Ansgar 2026 · 18 Apr 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Iowa Winter Cooldown 2026 · 28 Feb 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Corny Cubers Iowa Classic 2025 · 13 Sep 2025 — 2 personal bests 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.
- Max McGill — met in 42 rounds, never finished ahead
- Tyler Youlden — met in 41 rounds, finished ahead once
- Lisa Kucala — met in 37 rounds, finished ahead 17 times
Next targets
- A sub-12 3×3 single — 40,277 people have one; it is 0.83 away.
- A sub-3 2×2 single — 27,049 people have one; it is 0.30 away.
Targets move as he improves.