People · Ireland
Peter Illes
Skewb · top 3.7% of 73,281 all-time · competing since July 2022 · 2022ILLE02
Peter Illes has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the Skewb: a personal-best single of 2.71, set at Rebel County Cubing 2024, puts him in the top 3.7% of the 73,281 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 24th in Ireland. Until February 2014, no official Skewb solve in the world had been that fast. Across 12 competitions since July 2022, he has put 419 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 73% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 17.40 in July 2022 to 9.90, a 43% improvement. Peter 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Skewb | 2.71 | 5.06 | top 3.7% | 24 / 624 | |
| 3×3 | 9.90 | 11.82 | top 7.2% | 114 / 1,427 | |
| 2×2 | 2.48 | 3.36 | top 8.7% | 127 / 1,163 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 24.75 | 28.92 | top 33.6% | 125 / 448 | |
| Pyraminx | 8.00 | 12.32 | top 36.2% | 397 / 911 | |
| 4×4 | 1:14.86 | 1:19.39 | top 51.5% | 265 / 579 |
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
- 11 Mar 2023First sub-10 3×3: 9.90 at Turnin' in Termonfeckin Saturday 2023.
- 11 Mar 2023Six personal bests in one day at Turnin' in Termonfeckin Saturday 2023.
- 14 Jan 2023Six personal bests in one day at Belfast Winter 2023.
- 4 Nov 2022First sub-15 3×3: 13.17 at Irish Championship 2022.
- 4 Nov 2022Four personal bests in one day at Irish Championship 2022.
- 23 Jul 2022First competition: Cubing with the Cats Saturday 2022. A 17.40 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- PBs in Phibblestown 2025 · 15 Jun 2025
- Dublin Winter Solving 2025 · 25 Jan 2025
- Turnin' in Termonfeckin Saturday 2024 · 1 Jun 2024 — 1 personal best set
- UCD Cube Days 2024 · 13 Apr 2024
- Corduff Cubing Saturday 2024 · 17 Feb 2024
- 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 — 6 personal bests set
- Belfast Winter 2023 · 14 Jan 2023 — 6 personal bests set
- Tuam Open Sunday 2022 · 27 Nov 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Irish Championship 2022 · 4 Nov 2022 — 4 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.
- Pal Illes — met in 65 rounds, finished ahead 57 times · head to head
- Tymon Szalinski — met in 62 rounds, finished ahead 30 times
- Ronan Finke — met in 54 rounds, finished ahead 14 times
Next targets
- A sub-2 Skewb single — 1,013 people have one; it is 0.71 away.
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.90 away.
Targets move as he improves.