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Nuadha Walsh

2×2 · top 1.8% of 186,767 all-time · competing since November 2021 · 2021WALS04

Nuadha Walsh has been competing for 5 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.41, set at Gort-a Go Fast 2026, puts him in the top 1.8% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 36th in Ireland. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 43 competitions since November 2021, he has put 1,578 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 77% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 39.50 in November 2021 to 10.15, a 74% improvement. Nuadha has entered 43 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 1.8% of 186,767 all-time
1.41
signature single · Gort-a Go Fast 2026
1,578
official solves on the record
14%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 77% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingIreland
2×21.414.47
top 1.8%36 / 1,163
Pyraminx3.556.07
top 5.7%80 / 911
3×310.1511.85
top 7.9%125 / 1,427
Clock6.478.84
top 9.0%40 / 331
Skewb3.905.22
top 10.2%73 / 624
3×3 one-handed22.7435.19
top 28.1%102 / 448
Megaminx1:54.572:14.74
top 42.9%123 / 283
3×3 Fewest Moves54 moves—
early days — 2 solves77 / 88

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

Tuam Re-Open Sunday 2021: 39.50Don't DNF Dublin 2022: 18.11Cubing with the Cats Sunday 2022: 20.47Dublin Open Saturday 2022: 17.51Cubing in Cill Chainnigh 2022: 15.97Irish Championship 2022: 14.06Tuam Open Saturday 2022: 13.18Belfast Winter 2023: 13.96Cork Spring 2023: 11.50Don't Lockup Loch Garman 2023: 13.27It's a Long Way to Tipperary 2023: 12.95Irish Championship 2023: 13.88Solving by the Shannon 2023: 10.79Dublin Summer Solving Saturday 2023: 13.46Cubing in Cill Chainnigh 2023: 14.01Mayo Cubing 2023: 12.58Meath Autumn 2023: 11.41Tuam Winter 2023: 12.34Don't Fail Kinsale 2023: 11.42Gort-a Go Fast 2024: 12.30Cork Spring 2024: 12.47UCD Cube Days 2024: 10.7750 and Counting Ireland 2024: 10.74Rubik's Irish Championship 2024: 10.37Midlands Mix-up 2024: 11.84Rubik's WCA European Championship 2024: 12.45Mayo Cubing 2024: 11.73Meath for Speed 2024: 16.82Don't Fail Kinsale 2024: 11.94Cork Spring 2025: 11.02Gort-a Go Fast 2025: 11.54Let's Go Carlow 2025: 11.40UCD Cube Days 2025: 10.63Dublin Summer Solving 2025: 11.50Dublin Autumn Solving 2025: 12.54Mayo Cubing 2025: 11.22Rebel County Colours 2025: 10.90Leopardstown Cube Races 2025: 11.48Cork Spring 2026: 13.02Gort-a Go Fast 2026: 12.47Rubik's WCA European Championship 2026: 10.1510.1539.5028 Nov 202116 Jul 2026

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

The story so far

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 his.

  • Ben Timmons — met in 317 rounds, finished ahead 34 times
  • William Carey — met in 294 rounds, finished ahead 31 times
  • Ronan Finke — met in 285 rounds, finished ahead 21 times

Next targets

  • A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.41 away.
  • A sub-3 Pyraminx single — 4,700 people have one; it is 0.55 away.

Targets move as he improves.