People · Ireland
Malachy Roche
3×3 · top 29.9% of 284,439 all-time · competing since September 2025 · 2025ROCH08
Malachy Roche has been competing for 11 months. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 16.65, set at Rubik's Irish Championship 2026, puts him in the top 29.9% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 416th in Ireland. Across 6 competitions since September 2025, he has put 110 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, an early reading from 9 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 23.99 in September 2025 to 16.65, a 31% improvement. Malachy has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% 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 | 16.65 | 22.93 | top 29.9% | 416 / 1,427 | |
| Skewb | 10.28 | 13.86 | top 56.6% | 373 / 624 | |
| Pyraminx | 11.25 | 13.93 | top 62.3% | 623 / 911 | |
| Megaminx | 2:35.17 | — | top 63.7% | 183 / 283 | |
| 4×4 | 1:38.49 | — | top 69.6% | 367 / 579 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 44.35 | — | top 70.9% | 274 / 448 | |
| 5×5 | 3:01.01 | — | top 78.4% | 232 / 296 | |
| 6×6 | 7:19.96 | — | early days — 2 solves | 139 / 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
- 22 Aug 2026Three personal bests in one day at Éire 100 2026.
- 24 Jul 2026Six personal bests in one day at Rubik's Irish Championship 2026.
- 27 Jun 2026First sub-20 3×3: 19.11 at Re-Laois the Cubers 2026.
- 27 Jun 2026Four personal bests in one day at Re-Laois the Cubers 2026.
- 27 Sep 2025First competition: Rebel County Colours 2025. A 23.99 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Éire 100 2026 · 22 Aug 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Rubik's Irish Championship 2026 · 24 Jul 2026 — 6 personal bests set
- Re-Laois the Cubers 2026 · 27 Jun 2026 — 4 personal bests set
- Cork Spring 2026 · 21 Feb 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Re-Laois the Cubers 2025 · 25 Oct 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Rebel County Colours 2025 · 27 Sep 2025
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 34 rounds, never finished ahead
- Aidan Browne — met in 34 rounds, never finished ahead
- Lucas Patrick Dowling — met in 34 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 1.65 away.
- A sub-10 Skewb single — 40,263 people have one; it is 0.28 away.
Targets move as he improves.