People · United States
Niall Roche-Kelly
2×2 · top 2.5% of 186,767 all-time · competing since April 2022 · 2022ROCH01
Niall Roche-Kelly has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.57, set at Mid-Atlantic Speedcubing Championship 2026, puts him in the top 2.5% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 970th in the United States. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 12 competitions since April 2022, he has put 311 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one; 90% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 40.47 in April 2022 to 8.21, an 80% improvement. Niall has entered twelve competitions, more competitions than 94% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 1.57 | 3.17 | top 2.5% | 970 / 40,951 | |
| 3×3 | 8.21 | 11.43 | top 3.2% | 1,795 / 59,724 | |
| Pyraminx | 3.47 | 5.26 | top 5.3% | 1,394 / 28,708 | |
| Megaminx | 54.65 | 1:01.09 | top 7.3% | 503 / 7,841 | |
| Skewb | 3.90 | 6.38 | top 10.2% | 1,564 / 18,907 | |
| 4×4 | 45.95 | 52.05 | top 19.5% | 2,961 / 19,072 | |
| 5×5 | 1:22.73 | 1:40.78 | top 21.3% | 1,653 / 9,401 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 23.11 | 26.94 | top 29.1% | 3,756 / 15,683 | |
| Clock | 10.82 | 11.93 | top 29.2% | 2,273 / 8,927 | |
| 6×6 | 3:34.01 | — | early days — 2 solves | 2,128 / 4,196 | |
| 7×7 | 7:09.46 | — | early days — 1 solve | 2,579 / 3,184 |
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
- 14 Aug 2026Twelve personal bests in one day at Mid-Atlantic Speedcubing Championship 2026.
- 7 Dec 2025First sub-10 3×3: 9.76 at Brooklyn Waldorf Winter 2025.
- 7 Dec 2025Three personal bests in one day at Brooklyn Waldorf Winter 2025.
- 23 Aug 2025Five personal bests in one day at Brookhaven Summer 2025.
- 18 Jan 2025Four personal bests in one day at PBs in Palisades Open 2025.
- 14 Sep 2024Six personal bests in one day at New York Championship 2024.
Competitions
- Mid-Atlantic Speedcubing Championship 2026 · 14 Aug 2026 — 12 personal bests set
- Brooklyn Waldorf Winter 2025 · 7 Dec 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Brookhaven Summer 2025 · 23 Aug 2025 — 5 personal bests set
- PBs in Palisades Open 2025 · 18 Jan 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- New York Championship 2024 · 14 Sep 2024 — 6 personal bests set
- Cubes on the Bayside Summer 2024 · 1 Jun 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Edgemont Cubing 2024 · 13 Apr 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Princeton Fall 2023 · 18 Nov 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Nickel City 2023 · 25 Mar 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Empire State Winter Warmup 2023 · 4 Feb 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- Babylon Summer 2022 · 18 Sep 2022 — 3 personal bests set
- Seaside Solving Saturday 2022 · 9 Apr 2022
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.
- Ayden Dincher — met in 54 rounds, never finished ahead
- Evan Liu — met in 50 rounds, never finished ahead
- Parker Trager — met in 49 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.57 away.
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.21 away.
Targets move as he improves.