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Noel McNamara
Pyraminx · top 19.7% of 130,891 all-time · competing since December 2023 · 2023MCNA05
Noel McNamara has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 5.95, set at Gort-a Go Fast 2026, puts him in the top 19.7% of the 130,891 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 225th in Ireland. Across 7 competitions since December 2023, he has put 203 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 82% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. That figure sets aside his 5 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 24.74 in December 2023 to 20.94, a 15% improvement. Noel has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Ireland | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 5.95 | 9.54 | top 19.7% | 225 / 924 | |
| 2×2 | 4.43 | 5.97 | top 32.1% | 403 / 1,190 | |
| Skewb | 7.88 | 15.67 | top 40.4% | 268 / 632 | |
| 3×3 | 20.94 | 23.97 | top 42.7% | 606 / 1,465 | |
| Clock | 19.76 | 27.21 | top 64.0% | 237 / 342 | |
| 4×4 | 1:48.21 | — | top 75.8% | 406 / 586 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 56.72 | — | early days — 3 solves | 350 / 454 |
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
- 7 Mar 2026Three personal bests in one day at Gort-a Go Fast 2026.
- 16 Nov 2024Three personal bests in one day at Tír Chonaill Cubing 2024.
- 27 Jan 2024Six personal bests in one day at Gort-a Go Fast 2024.
- 2 Dec 2023First competition: Don't Fail Kinsale 2023. A 24.74 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Gort-a Go Fast 2026 · 7 Mar 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Gort-a Go Fast 2025 · 8 Mar 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Tír Chonaill Cubing 2024 · 16 Nov 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Mayo Cubing 2024 · 21 Sep 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Rubik's Irish Championship 2024 · 5 Jul 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Gort-a Go Fast 2024 · 27 Jan 2024 — 6 personal bests set
- Don't Fail Kinsale 2023 · 2 Dec 2023
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.
- Cormac Finke — met in 54 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Ben Timmons — met in 54 rounds, never finished ahead
- Rían Burke — met in 54 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-5 Pyraminx single — 17,242 people have one; it is 0.95 away.
- A sub-4 2×2 single — 50,215 people have one; it is 0.43 away.
Targets move as he improves.