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Niamh McElhill

3×3 · top 72.6% of 284,439 all-time · competing since November 2009 · 2009MCEL01

Niamh McElhill has been competing for 17 years. Her best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 36.53, set at UK Open 2010, puts her in the top 72.6% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 5,147th in the United Kingdom. Across 4 competitions since November 2009, she has put 29 official solves on the record across four events. Her 3×3 best has come down from 49.22 in November 2009 to 36.53, a 26% improvement. Niamh has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 72.6% of 284,439 all-time
36.53
signature single · UK Open 2010
29
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited Kingdom
3×336.5339.97
top 72.6%5,147 / 6,689
2×28.8713.36
top 72.8%3,752 / 4,895
4×42:43.30
early days — 3 solves2,016 / 2,071
5×55:38.22
early days — 2 solves1,151 / 1,151

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

UK Open 2009: 49.22UK Open 2010: 36.53UK Open 2011: 36.56Edinburgh Open 2013: 41.0036.5349.227 Nov 200926 Jan 2013

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

The story so far

  • 7 Nov 2009First competition: UK Open 2009. A 49.22 3×3 single to start from.

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 her.

Next targets

  • A sub-30 3×3 single — 177,856 people have one; it is 6.53 away.
  • A sub-8 2×2 single — 126,624 people have one; it is 0.87 away.

Targets move as she improves.