People · Australia
Kieran Murphy
3×3 one-handed · top 5.7% of 73,695 all-time · competing since October 2016 · 2016MURP06
Kieran Murphy has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3 one-handed: a personal-best single of 13.77, set at WCA World Championship 2019, puts him in the top 5.7% of the 73,695 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 128th in Australia. Until January 2010, no official 3×3 one-handed solve in the world had been that fast. Across 9 competitions since October 2016, he has put 360 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 83% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 23.02 in October 2016 to 9.37, a 59% improvement. Kieran has entered nine competitions, more competitions than 91% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Australia | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 one-handed | 13.77 | 17.42 | top 5.7% | 128 / 2,659 | |
| 3×3 | 9.37 | 11.71 | top 5.8% | 526 / 11,709 | |
| 2×2 | 2.98 | 3.72 | top 14.0% | 1,074 / 8,567 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.28 | 11.24 | top 22.1% | 1,112 / 5,993 | |
| 5×5 | 1:31.22 | 1:53.65 | top 28.3% | 376 / 1,356 | |
| 4×4 | 53.83 | 59.69 | top 29.3% | 769 / 3,051 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 39 moves | 42.67 | top 44.7% | 205 / 468 | |
| Megaminx | 2:21.59 | — | top 57.2% | 721 / 1,277 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 3:59.18 | — | early days — 2 solves | 299 / 394 | |
| 6×6 | 4:17.61 | — | top 71.0% | 443 / 641 | |
| Skewb | 18.78 | 23.96 | top 87.6% | 3,093 / 3,534 |
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
- 25 Jan 2020Three personal bests in one day at Melbourne Summer 2020.
- 30 Nov 2019Three personal bests in one day at Melbourne Cube Days 2019.
- 11 Jul 2019First sub-10 3×3: 9.37 at WCA World Championship 2019.
- 8 Dec 2018Five personal bests in one day at Melbourne Cube Days 2018.
- 23 Sep 2017First sub-20 3×3: 14.62 at Australian Nationals 2017.
- 23 Sep 2017First sub-15 3×3: 14.62 at Australian Nationals 2017.
Competitions
- Melbourne Summer 2021 · 23 Jan 2021 — 2 personal bests set
- Melbourne Summer 2020 · 25 Jan 2020 — 3 personal bests set
- Melbourne Cube Days 2019 · 30 Nov 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Altona Algorithms 2019 · 5 Oct 2019 — 1 personal best set
- WCA World Championship 2019 · 11 Jul 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Cube for Cambodia 2019 · 28 Apr 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Melbourne Cube Days 2018 · 8 Dec 2018 — 5 personal bests set
- Australian Nationals 2017 · 23 Sep 2017 — 4 personal bests set
- Vancouver Fall 2016 · 15 Oct 2016
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.
- Riley Dexter — met in 82 rounds, finished ahead twice
- David Epstein — met in 73 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
- Sebastian Outh-Aut — met in 72 rounds, finished ahead 22 times
Next targets
- A sub-12 3×3 one-handed single — 2,187 people have one; it is 1.77 away.
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.37 away.
Targets move as he improves.