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Rhys Friel

2×2 · top 33.0% of 186,767 all-time · competing since July 2022 · 2022FRIE06

Rhys Friel has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 4.51, set at Midlands Mix-up 2024, puts him in the top 33.0% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 410th in Ireland. Across 7 competitions since July 2022, he has put 182 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 75% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 29.99 in July 2022 to 20.76, a 31% improvement. Rhys has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 33.0% of 186,767 all-time
4.51
signature single · Midlands Mix-up 2024
182
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 75% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingIreland
2×24.516.47
top 33.0%410 / 1,163
Clock12.1317.24
top 35.6%127 / 331
3×320.7622.38
top 42.1%588 / 1,427
Skewb8.8613.54
top 47.5%307 / 624
4×41:23.651:28.20
top 58.8%305 / 579
3×3 one-handed45.02
early days — 2 solves277 / 448
Megaminx2:55.62
early days — 2 solves205 / 283
Pyraminx13.5716.82
top 75.8%733 / 911
Square-151.65
early days — 3 solves151 / 194
5×53:25.92
early days — 3 solves261 / 296

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

Cubing with the Cats Sunday 2022: 29.99Dublin Open Saturday 2022: 24.47Tuam Open Sunday 2022: 23.82Turnin' in Termonfeckin Saturday 2023: 21.83Dublin Summer Solving Sunday 2023: 24.24Corduff Cubing Saturday 2024: 21.57Midlands Mix-up 2024: 20.7620.7629.9924 Jul 202220 Jul 2024

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.

Next targets

  • A sub-4 2×2 single — 49,452 people have one; it is 0.51 away.
  • A sub-12 Clock single — 11,202 people have one; it is 0.13 away.

Targets move as he improves.