People · Ireland
Luca Hennessy
Pyraminx · top 4.6% of 129,321 all-time · competing since November 2021 · 2021HENN01
Luca Hennessy has been competing for 5 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 3.27, set at Rubik's Irish Championship 2025, puts him in the top 4.6% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 67th in Ireland. Until February 2008, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 7 competitions since November 2021, he has put 269 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 87% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. That figure sets aside his 5 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 21.41 in November 2021 to 9.65, a 55% improvement. Luca 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 3.27 | 8.90 | top 4.6% | 67 / 911 | |
| 3×3 | 9.65 | 12.53 | top 6.5% | 104 / 1,427 | |
| 2×2 | 2.50 | 3.95 | top 8.9% | 128 / 1,163 | |
| 4×4 | 44.09 | 55.32 | top 17.2% | 95 / 579 | |
| Clock | 9.16 | — | top 20.8% | 79 / 331 | |
| 5×5 | 1:51.33 | 2:25.74 | top 43.5% | 126 / 296 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 31.26 | 39.47 | top 49.5% | 194 / 448 | |
| Skewb | 9.27 | 12.56 | top 50.3% | 325 / 624 | |
| Megaminx | 2:21.97 | — | top 57.4% | 162 / 283 | |
| Square-1 | 36.67 | 48.01 | top 60.9% | 120 / 194 | |
| 6×6 | 5:02.39 | — | early days — 1 solve | 118 / 142 |
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
- 15 Aug 2025First sub-10 3×3: 9.65 at Rubik's Irish Championship 2025.
- 15 Aug 2025Six personal bests in one day at Rubik's Irish Championship 2025.
- 25 Jan 2025First sub-20 3×3: 12.81 at Dublin Winter Solving 2025.
- 25 Jan 2025First sub-15 3×3: 12.81 at Dublin Winter Solving 2025.
- 25 Jan 2025Eight personal bests in one day at Dublin Winter Solving 2025.
- 27 Nov 2021First competition: Tuam Re-Open Saturday 2021. A 21.41 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Rubik's Irish Championship 2025 · 15 Aug 2025 — 6 personal bests set
- PBs in Phibblestown 2025 · 15 Jun 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Castletown Showdown 2025 · 31 May 2025 — 1 personal best set
- UCD Cube Days 2025 · 12 Apr 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Let's Go Carlow 2025 · 29 Mar 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Dublin Winter Solving 2025 · 25 Jan 2025 — 8 personal bests set
- Tuam Re-Open Saturday 2021 · 27 Nov 2021
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.
- Ben Timmons — met in 58 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Cillian Hainbach — met in 57 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Colm McCarthy — met in 51 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
Next targets
- A sub-3 Pyraminx single — 4,700 people have one; it is 0.27 away.
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.65 away.
Targets move as he improves.