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Mark Mooney

Skewb · top 4.8% of 73,281 all-time · competing since August 2022 · 2022MOON08

Mark Mooney has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the Skewb: a personal-best single of 2.96, set at Marble City Cubing IE 2025, puts him in the top 4.8% of the 73,281 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 32nd in Ireland. Until February 2014, no official Skewb solve in the world had been that fast. Across 39 competitions since August 2022, he has put 1,256 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 70% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 33.36 in August 2022 to 10.33, a 69% improvement. Mark has entered 39 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

Skewb
best event — top 4.8% of 73,281 all-time
2.96
signature single · Marble City Cubing IE 2025
1,256
official solves on the record
14%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 70% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingIreland
Skewb2.966.38
top 4.8%32 / 624
2×22.283.84
top 6.9%106 / 1,163
3×310.3313.01
top 8.4%132 / 1,427
Pyraminx5.339.12
top 15.3%188 / 911
4×445.5354.91
top 19.0%103 / 579
5×51:30.671:39.00
top 27.8%82 / 296
Square-129.3051.65
top 48.1%100 / 194
Clock15.8118.10
top 51.1%180 / 331
6×64:20.02—
early days — 2 solves104 / 142
3×3 one-handed49.16—
top 76.0%303 / 448

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

Dublin Open Saturday 2022: 33.36Cubing in Cill Chainnigh 2022: 26.37Cork Spring 2023: 18.69Turnin' in Termonfeckin Saturday 2023: 16.35Don't Lockup Loch Garman 2023: 19.00It's a Long Way to Tipperary 2023: 14.07Irish Championship 2023: 14.53Cubing with the Cats Saturday 2023: 14.09Dublin Summer Solving Sunday 2023: 16.02Cubing in Cill Chainnigh 2023: 14.87Mayo Cubing 2023: 15.37Meath Autumn 2023: 14.19Tuam Winter 2023: 15.00Don't Fail Kinsale 2023: 12.94Corduff Cubing Saturday 2024: 12.65Cork Spring 2024: 13.11UCD Cube Days 2024: 12.61Turnin' in Termonfeckin Saturday 2024: 14.12Rubik's Irish Championship 2024: 13.12Rubik's WCA European Championship 2024: 13.19Cubing with the Kilkenny Cats Sunday 2024: 13.54Mayo Cubing 2024: 12.14Tír Chonaill Cubing 2024: 12.41Don't Fail Kinsale 2024: 11.96Marble City Cubing IE 2025: 10.33Gort-a Go Fast 2025: 12.05It's a Long Way to Tipperary 2025: 11.69PBs in Phibblestown 2025: 12.26Meath for Speed 2025: 10.83Rubik's Irish Championship 2025: 10.49Dublin Autumn Solving 2025: 12.28Mayo Cubing 2025: 10.48Rebel County Colours 2025: 10.59Leopardstown Cube Races 2025: 11.02Gort-a Go Fast 2026: 11.35Lets Go Back to Carlow 2026: 12.64Rubik's WCA European Championship 2026: 13.5210.3333.3620 Aug 202216 Jul 2026

Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.

The story so far

Competitions

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.

Next targets

  • A sub-2 Skewb single — 1,013 people have one; it is 0.96 away.
  • A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.28 away.

Targets move as he improves.