People · Australia
Liam O'Connell
2×2 · top 5.4% of 186,767 all-time · competing since January 2023 · 2023OCON02
Liam O'Connell has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.10, set at Geelong Winter 2024, puts him in the top 5.4% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 398th in Australia. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 17 competitions since January 2023, he has put 370 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one; 91% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 52.79 in January 2023 to 11.63, a 78% improvement. Liam has entered 17 competitions, more competitions than 96% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Australia | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 2.10 | 3.59 | top 5.4% | 398 / 8,567 | |
| 3×3 | 11.63 | 14.12 | top 12.6% | 1,117 / 11,709 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.44 | 7.34 | top 23.3% | 1,184 / 5,993 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 22.40 | 28.94 | top 27.1% | 608 / 2,659 | |
| Skewb | 6.69 | 9.60 | top 31.2% | 869 / 3,534 | |
| Square-1 | 44.03 | — | early days — 1 solve | 667 / 899 | |
| Clock | 26.34 | — | early days — 2 solves | 866 / 1,095 | |
| 4×4 | 1:59.21 | 2:26.38 | top 81.3% | 2,497 / 3,051 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 54 moves | — | early days — 1 solve | 395 / 468 |
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
- 24 Jan 2025Three personal bests in one day at Melbourne Summer 2025.
- 24 Aug 2024Five personal bests in one day at Geelong Winter 2024.
- 2 Mar 2024Three personal bests in one day at Altona Algorithms 2024.
- 19 Jan 2024First sub-15 3×3: 14.86 at Melbourne Summer 2024.
- 19 Jan 2024Four personal bests in one day at Melbourne Summer 2024.
- 3 Dec 2023First sub-20 3×3: 17.40 at Hampton Park Summer Sunday 2023.
Competitions
- Melbourne Summer 2025 · 24 Jan 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Spark Melbourne Spring Saturday 2024 · 5 Oct 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Geelong Winter 2024 · 24 Aug 2024 — 5 personal bests set
- Australian Nationals 2024 · 12 Jul 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Mount Gambier Open 2024 · 21 Apr 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- FMC West Melbourne 2024 · 14 Apr 2024
- Altona Algorithms 2024 · 2 Mar 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Melbourne Summer 2024 · 19 Jan 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- Hampton Park Summer Sunday 2023 · 3 Dec 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Melbourne Cube Days 2023 · 11 Nov 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Melbourne Cubing for Kids Sunday 2023 · 27 Aug 2023
- Geelong Winter 2023 · 29 Jul 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Victorian Open 2023 · 1 Jul 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- St Oliver's Speedy Sunday 2023 · 21 May 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Speedcubing at Seaworks 2023 · 18 Mar 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Kensington Summer Sunday 2023 · 12 Feb 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Melbourne Summer 2023 · 20 Jan 2023
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.
- Gemma Tolhurst — met in 73 rounds, finished ahead 16 times
- Phoenix Patterson — met in 71 rounds, never finished ahead
- Ben Wakelin — met in 67 rounds, finished ahead 7 times
Next targets
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.10 away.
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 1.63 away.
Targets move as he improves.