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Rian McDermott

2×2 · top 16.3% of 186,767 all-time · competing since January 2024 · 2024MCDE03

Rian McDermott has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 3.17, set at Castletown Showdown 2025, puts him in the top 16.3% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 224th in Ireland. Across 18 competitions since January 2024, he has put 699 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 88% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 38.57 in January 2024 to 14.77, a 62% improvement. Rian has entered 18 competitions, more competitions than 96% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 16.3% of 186,767 all-time
3.17
signature single · Castletown Showdown 2025
699
official solves on the record
11%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 88% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingIreland
2×23.175.95
top 16.3%224 / 1,163
3×314.7719.05
top 23.6%339 / 1,427
Pyraminx6.578.69
top 24.4%281 / 911
Skewb6.2910.63
top 28.0%191 / 624
Clock11.8016.11
top 34.0%115 / 331
Megaminx1:41.671:56.64
top 35.6%102 / 283
4×41:05.781:10.70
top 42.6%208 / 579
5×52:03.852:31.36
top 51.6%149 / 296
Square-133.6439.90
top 56.2%112 / 194
3×3 one-handed41.1748.06
top 66.9%258 / 448
6×64:28.48—
top 74.2%110 / 142
7×77:28.09—
early days — 3 solves96 / 108

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

Gort-a Go Fast 2024: 38.57Turnin' Offaly Fast 2024: 33.11UCD Cube Days 2024: 28.66Please Be Qualified Ireland 2024: 32.46Turnin' in Termonfeckin Saturday 2024: 24.77Midlands Mix-up 2024: 23.18Mayo Cubing 2024: 18.97Don't Fail Kinsale 2024: 15.32Cork Spring 2025: 16.53Gort-a Go Fast 2025: 19.84It's a Long Way to Tipperary 2025: 20.11Castletown Showdown 2025: 14.77Rubik's Irish Championship 2025: 17.59Mayo Cubing 2025: 18.47Cork Spring 2026: 20.24Roscommon Cubing 2026: 17.09Rubik's Irish Championship 2026: 16.6914.7738.5727 Jan 202424 Jul 2026

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-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.17 away.
  • A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 2.77 away.

Targets move as he improves.