People · Ireland
Reuben Kiernan
2×2 · top 1.4% of 186,767 all-time · competing since August 2024 · 2024KIER01
Reuben Kiernan has been competing for 2 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.30, set at Rebel County Colours 2025, puts him in the top 1.4% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 25th in Ireland. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 8 competitions since August 2024, he has put 493 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 86% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 23.77 in August 2024 to 8.05, a 66% improvement. Reuben has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% 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 | 1.30 | 3.02 | top 1.4% | 25 / 1,163 | |
| 3×3 | 8.05 | 9.47 | top 2.9% | 54 / 1,427 | |
| Megaminx | 51.88 | 55.91 | top 5.9% | 26 / 283 | |
| Pyraminx | 3.88 | 6.24 | top 7.1% | 98 / 911 | |
| 4×4 | 37.23 | 44.21 | top 8.9% | 54 / 579 | |
| Skewb | 3.74 | 6.48 | top 9.2% | 66 / 624 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 15.65 | 18.12 | top 9.5% | 32 / 448 | |
| Clock | 6.59 | 11.26 | top 9.5% | 42 / 331 | |
| 5×5 | 1:15.22 | 1:23.22 | top 15.5% | 48 / 296 | |
| 6×6 | 2:53.61 | 3:05.65 | top 37.9% | 58 / 142 | |
| 7×7 | 4:49.78 | 4:52.12 | top 47.6% | 56 / 108 | |
| Square-1 | 34.63 | 46.88 | top 57.7% | 113 / 194 |
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
- 25 Oct 2025Four personal bests in one day at Re-Laois the Cubers 2025.
- 27 Sep 2025Four personal bests in one day at Rebel County Colours 2025.
- 15 Aug 2025Seven personal bests in one day at Rubik's Irish Championship 2025.
- 12 Jul 2025First sub-10 3×3: 9.23 at Cubing with the Kilkenny Cats 2025.
- 12 Jul 2025Eight personal bests in one day at Cubing with the Kilkenny Cats 2025.
- 22 Feb 2025Seven personal bests in one day at Cork Spring 2025.
Competitions
- Cork Spring 2026 · 21 Feb 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Re-Laois the Cubers 2025 · 25 Oct 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Rebel County Colours 2025 · 27 Sep 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Rubik's Irish Championship 2025 · 15 Aug 2025 — 7 personal bests set
- Cubing with the Kilkenny Cats 2025 · 12 Jul 2025 — 8 personal bests set
- Cork Spring 2025 · 22 Feb 2025 — 7 personal bests set
- Don't Fail Kinsale 2024 · 30 Nov 2024 — 7 personal bests set
- Dublin Summer Solving 2024 · 17 Aug 2024
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 112 rounds, finished ahead 16 times
- Lucas Patrick Dowling — met in 96 rounds, finished ahead 20 times
- Namuun Natsagdorj — met in 87 rounds, finished ahead twice
Next targets
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.30 away.
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.05 away.
Targets move as he improves.