People · Ireland
Mikey Whelan
3×3 · top 4.9% of 288,433 all-time · competing since July 2015 · 2015WHEL02
Mikey Whelan has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.01, set at Irish Championship 2017, puts him in the top 4.9% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 78th in Ireland. Until May 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 5 competitions since July 2015, he has put 192 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 60% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 13.11 in July 2015 to 9.01, a 31% improvement. Mikey has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% 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 | 9.01 | 11.82 | top 4.9% | 78 / 1,465 | |
| Square-1 | 11.55 | 18.85 | top 9.0% | 23 / 198 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.82 | 8.75 | top 12.1% | 157 / 924 | |
| 2×2 | 3.30 | 6.20 | top 17.9% | 251 / 1,190 | |
| 4×4 | 47.79 | 56.49 | top 21.9% | 112 / 586 | |
| 5×5 | 1:52.40 | 2:17.84 | top 44.4% | 132 / 300 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 29.40 | 32.69 | top 45.4% | 181 / 454 | |
| Skewb | 11.45 | 17.12 | top 63.3% | 417 / 632 |
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 Jun 2017First sub-10 3×3: 9.01 at Irish Championship 2017.
- 24 Jun 2017Six personal bests in one day at Irish Championship 2017.
- 25 Jun 2016Four personal bests in one day at Irish Championship 2016.
- 4 Jul 2015First competition: Irish Championship 2015. A 17.48 3×3 single to start from.
- 4 Jul 2015First sub-15 3×3: 13.11 at Irish Championship 2015.
- 4 Jul 2015Three personal bests in one day at Irish Championship 2015.
Competitions
- Irish Championship 2018 · 14 Jul 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Dublin Open 2017 · 2 Dec 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Irish Championship 2017 · 24 Jun 2017 — 6 personal bests set
- Irish Championship 2016 · 25 Jun 2016 — 4 personal bests set
- Irish Championship 2015 · 4 Jul 2015 — 3 personal bests set
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.
- Ciarán Beahan — met in 41 rounds, never finished ahead
- Tao Yu (喻韬) — met in 38 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- John O'Connell — met in 35 rounds, finished ahead 9 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 1.01 away.
- A sub-10 Square-1 single — 1,557 people have one; it is 1.55 away.
Targets move as he improves.