People · Ireland
Pal Illes
2×2 · top 9.8% of 189,179 all-time · competing since July 2022 · 2022ILLE01
Pal Illes has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.58, set at Dublin Winter Solving 2025, puts him in the top 9.8% of the 189,179 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 145th in Ireland. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 12 competitions since July 2022, he has put 368 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 84% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 2×2 best has come down from 7.15 in July 2022 to 2.58, a 64% improvement. Pal 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 | Ireland | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 2.58 | 3.76 | top 9.8% | 145 / 1,190 | |
| 3×3 | 12.56 | 16.21 | top 15.9% | 219 / 1,465 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.22 | 11.23 | top 21.7% | 489 / 924 | |
| Skewb | 5.52 | 8.21 | top 22.2% | 159 / 632 | |
| Clock | 10.66 | 12.12 | top 28.3% | 101 / 342 |
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, 2×2. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 25 Jan 2025First sub-15 3×3: 14.96 at Dublin Winter Solving 2025.
- 17 Feb 2024Five personal bests in one day at Corduff Cubing Saturday 2024.
- 19 Aug 2023First sub-20 3×3: 19.57 at Dublin Summer Solving Saturday 2023.
- 14 Jan 2023Three personal bests in one day at Belfast Winter 2023.
- 4 Nov 2022First sub-30 3×3: 24.36 at Irish Championship 2022.
- 4 Nov 2022Three personal bests in one day at Irish Championship 2022.
Competitions
- PBs in Phibblestown 2025 · 15 Jun 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Dublin Winter Solving 2025 · 25 Jan 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Turnin' in Termonfeckin Saturday 2024 · 1 Jun 2024 — 1 personal best set
- UCD Cube Days 2024 · 13 Apr 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Corduff Cubing Saturday 2024 · 17 Feb 2024 — 5 personal bests set
- Rebel County Cubing 2024 · 13 Jan 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Dublin Summer Solving Saturday 2023 · 19 Aug 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Turnin' in Termonfeckin Saturday 2023 · 11 Mar 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Belfast Winter 2023 · 14 Jan 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Tuam Open Sunday 2022 · 27 Nov 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Irish Championship 2022 · 4 Nov 2022 — 3 personal bests set
- Cubing with the Cats Saturday 2022 · 23 Jul 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.
- Peter Illes — met in 65 rounds, finished ahead 8 times · head to head
- Tymon Szalinski — met in 55 rounds, finished ahead 18 times
- William Carey — met in 48 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 9,039 people have one; it is 0.58 away.
- A sub-12 3×3 single — 40,277 people have one; it is 0.56 away.
Targets move as he improves.