People · Ireland
Rhys Maher
3×3 · top 1.9% of 288,433 all-time · competing since July 2022 · 2022MAHE05
Rhys Maher has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.41, set at Irish Championship 2022, puts him in the top 1.9% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 37th in Ireland. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 4 competitions since July 2022, he has put 273 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 85% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 9.89 in July 2022 to 7.41, a 25% improvement. Rhys has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Ireland | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 7.41 | 9.20 | top 1.9% | 37 / 1,465 | |
| 2×2 | 1.64 | 3.22 | top 2.8% | 51 / 1,190 | |
| Pyraminx | 3.63 | 5.25 | top 6.0% | 85 / 924 | |
| Square-1 | 11.84 | 22.67 | top 9.6% | 26 / 198 | |
| Megaminx | 1:10.76 | 1:18.80 | top 16.1% | 53 / 288 | |
| 4×4 | 46.31 | 54.89 | top 20.0% | 106 / 586 | |
| Skewb | 5.43 | 7.48 | top 21.5% | 155 / 632 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 23.06 | 27.79 | top 29.0% | 108 / 454 | |
| Clock | 15.94 | 19.07 | top 51.7% | 187 / 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, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 7 Jul 2023Six personal bests in one day at Irish Championship 2023.
- 4 Nov 2022Four personal bests in one day at Irish Championship 2022.
- 23 Jul 2022First competition: Cubing with the Cats Saturday 2022. A 10.49 3×3 single to start from.
- 23 Jul 2022First sub-10 3×3: 9.89 at Cubing with the Cats Saturday 2022.
Competitions
- Irish Championship 2023 · 7 Jul 2023 — 6 personal bests set
- Cork Spring 2023 · 25 Feb 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Irish Championship 2022 · 4 Nov 2022 — 4 personal bests set
- Cubing with the Cats Saturday 2022 · 23 Jul 2022 — 2 personal bests set
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.
- Richard Madden — met in 55 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Alex Kelly — met in 47 rounds, finished ahead 38 times
- Namuun Natsagdorj — met in 46 rounds, finished ahead 10 times
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,419 people have one; it is 1.41 away.
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,050 people have one; it is 0.64 away.
Targets move as he improves.