People · United States
Niam Griffin
2×2 · top 6.5% of 189,179 all-time · competing since April 2025 · 2025GRIF04
Niam Griffin has been competing for a year. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.23, set at Pyraminx with Madison Ideas 2026, puts him in the top 6.5% of the 189,179 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,614th in the United States. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 10 competitions since April 2025, he has put 252 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 77% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 1:01.43 in April 2025 to 15.40, a 75% improvement. Niam has entered ten competitions, more competitions than 92% 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 | 2.23 | 6.52 | top 6.5% | 2,614 / 41,674 | |
| 3×3 | 15.40 | 19.10 | top 25.9% | 14,303 / 60,666 | |
| Square-1 | 19.20 | 23.71 | top 26.1% | 1,723 / 6,846 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.83 | 9.65 | top 26.5% | 7,357 / 29,168 | |
| Clock | 10.77 | 11.82 | top 28.9% | 2,289 / 9,172 | |
| Skewb | 7.74 | 10.39 | top 39.4% | 6,872 / 19,164 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 29.89 | 36.95 | top 46.5% | 6,406 / 15,900 | |
| 5×5 | 1:58.74 | 2:21.75 | top 48.6% | 4,134 / 9,537 | |
| Megaminx | 2:08.70 | — | top 50.6% | 3,855 / 8,026 | |
| 4×4 | 1:20.63 | 1:32.08 | top 56.5% | 9,847 / 19,354 | |
| 6×6 | 4:53.53 | 5:17.84 | top 80.3% | 3,267 / 4,262 |
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
- 17 May 2026Three personal bests in one day at Evanston Qualifier 2026.
- 8 May 2026Six personal bests in one day at 3x3 in Madison 2026.
- 7 Feb 2026Three personal bests in one day at Deerfield Dodecahedrons 2026.
- 8 Nov 2025First sub-20 3×3: 19.83 at Pyraminx in Pewaukee 2025.
- 8 Nov 2025Six personal bests in one day at Pyraminx in Pewaukee 2025.
- 15 Aug 2025First sub-60 3×3: 28.12 at Michigan Championship 2025.
Competitions
- Michigan Mini 42 2026 · 18 Jun 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Evanston Qualifier 2026 · 17 May 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- 3x3 in Madison 2026 · 8 May 2026 — 6 personal bests set
- Racine Rendezvous 2026 · 4 Apr 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Pyraminx with Madison Ideas 2026 · 28 Feb 2026
- Deerfield Dodecahedrons 2026 · 7 Feb 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Evanston Fall Favorites B 2025 · 6 Dec 2025
- Pyraminx in Pewaukee 2025 · 8 Nov 2025 — 6 personal bests set
- Michigan Championship 2025 · 15 Aug 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Washtenaw Spring 2025 · 19 Apr 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.
- Brian Johnson — met in 45 rounds, finished ahead once
- Charles Bois — met in 43 rounds, finished ahead once
- Zachary Cribb — met in 42 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 9,039 people have one; it is 0.23 away.
- A sub-15 3×3 single — 70,740 people have one; it is 0.40 away.
Targets move as he improves.