People · Ireland
Ronan Finke
Skewb · top 0.28% of 73,281 all-time · competing since November 2021 · 2021FINK02
Ronan Finke has been competing for 5 years. His best event is the Skewb: a personal-best single of 1.37, set at Rubik's Irish Championship 2026, puts him in the top 0.28% of the 73,281 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2nd in Ireland. Until October 2015, no official Skewb solve in the world had been that fast. Across 56 competitions since November 2021, he has put 3,995 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 77% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 18.37 in November 2021 to 7.57, a 59% improvement. Ronan has entered 56 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Ireland | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Skewb | 1.37 | 2.50 | top 0.28% | 2 / 624 | |
| 2×2 | 0.98 | 2.32 | top 0.52% | 9 / 1,163 | |
| Pyraminx | 1.94 | 3.98 | top 1.0% | 16 / 911 | |
| 3×3 | 7.57 | 9.41 | top 2.1% | 39 / 1,427 | |
| Clock | 4.75 | 5.65 | top 3.8% | 20 / 331 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 12.60 | 17.96 | top 3.8% | 17 / 448 | |
| Square-1 | 8.69 | 11.88 | top 4.0% | 15 / 194 | |
| 5×5 | 1:00.35 | 1:10.22 | top 5.7% | 18 / 296 | |
| 4×4 | 33.97 | 37.88 | top 5.8% | 37 / 579 | |
| Megaminx | 59.22 | 1:05.20 | top 9.6% | 35 / 283 | |
| 6×6 | 2:00.27 | 2:11.39 | top 11.1% | 18 / 142 | |
| 7×7 | 3:06.84 | 3:09.63 | top 12.4% | 14 / 108 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 33 moves | 37.00 | top 23.4% | 18 / 88 |
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
- 22 Feb 2025Five personal bests in one day at Cork Spring 2025.
- 18 May 2024Five personal bests in one day at Please Be Qualified Ireland 2024.
- 27 Apr 2024Five personal bests in one day at 50 and Counting Ireland 2024.
- 16 Mar 2024Three personal bests in one day at Turnin' Offaly Fast 2024.
- 27 Jan 2024Three personal bests in one day at Gort-a Go Fast 2024.
- 13 Jan 2024Five personal bests in one day at Rebel County Cubing 2024.
Competitions
- Éire 100 2026 · 22 Aug 2026
- Rubik's Irish Championship 2026 · 24 Jul 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Rubik's WCA European Championship 2026 · 16 Jul 2026
- UCD Cube Days 2026 · 25 Apr 2026
- Solving Ferry Fast Rosslare 2026 · 28 Mar 2026
- TUD Unscramble Day 2026 · 21 Mar 2026
- Rebel County Colours 2025 · 27 Sep 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Dublin Autumn Solving 2025 · 30 Aug 2025
- Rubik's Irish Championship 2025 · 15 Aug 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Cubing with the Kilkenny Cats 2025 · 12 Jul 2025 — 1 personal best set
- It's a Long Way to Tipperary 2025 · 17 May 2025
- UCD Cube Days 2025 · 12 Apr 2025
- Let's Go Carlow 2025 · 29 Mar 2025
- Gort-a Go Fast 2025 · 8 Mar 2025
- Cork Spring 2025 · 22 Feb 2025 — 5 personal bests set
- Marble City Cubing IE 2025 · 15 Feb 2025
- Dublin Winter Solving 2025 · 25 Jan 2025
- Don't Fail Kinsale 2024 · 30 Nov 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- FMC Europe 2024 · 23 Nov 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Tír Chonaill Cubing 2024 · 16 Nov 2024
- Rubik's UK Championship 2024 · 1 Nov 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Mayo Cubing 2024 · 21 Sep 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Dublin Summer Solving 2024 · 17 Aug 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Cubing with the Kilkenny Cats Sunday 2024 · 4 Aug 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Rubik's WCA European Championship 2024 · 25 Jul 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Rubik's Irish Championship 2024 · 5 Jul 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Rubik's Irish Championship FMC 2024 · 29 Jun 2024
- Please Be Qualified Ireland 2024 · 18 May 2024 — 5 personal bests set
- 50 and Counting Ireland 2024 · 27 Apr 2024 — 5 personal bests set
- UCD Cube Days 2024 · 13 Apr 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Turnin' Offaly Fast 2024 · 16 Mar 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Cork Spring 2024 · 24 Feb 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Gort-a Go Fast 2024 · 27 Jan 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Rebel County Cubing 2024 · 13 Jan 2024 — 5 personal bests set
- Don't Fail Kinsale 2023 · 2 Dec 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- Tuam Winter 2023 · 4 Nov 2023 — 5 personal bests set
- Meath Autumn 2023 · 14 Oct 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Mayo Cubing 2023 · 23 Sep 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- Cubing in Cill Chainnigh 2023 · 9 Sep 2023 — 6 personal bests set
- Dublin Summer Solving Saturday 2023 · 19 Aug 2023
- Cubing with the Cats Saturday 2023 · 5 Aug 2023
- Solving by the Shannon 2023 · 22 Jul 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- Irish Championship 2023 · 7 Jul 2023 — 6 personal bests set
- Irish Championship FMC 2023 · 1 Jul 2023
- It's a Long Way to Tipperary 2023 · 13 May 2023 — 6 personal bests set
- Don't Lockup Loch Garman 2023 · 15 Apr 2023 — 6 personal bests set
- Turnin' in Termonfeckin Saturday 2023 · 11 Mar 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Cork Spring 2023 · 25 Feb 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Belfast Winter 2023 · 14 Jan 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- Tuam Open Saturday 2022 · 26 Nov 2022 — 3 personal bests set
- Irish Championship 2022 · 4 Nov 2022 — 5 personal bests set
- Cubing in Cill Chainnigh 2022 · 8 Oct 2022 — 4 personal bests set
- Dublin Open Sunday 2022 · 21 Aug 2022 — 3 personal bests set
- Cubing with the Cats Sunday 2022 · 24 Jul 2022 — 5 personal bests set
- Seaside Solving Sunday 2022 · 10 Apr 2022 — 6 personal bests set
- Tuam Re-Open Sunday 2021 · 28 Nov 2021 — 1 personal best 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.
- Ben Timmons — met in 731 rounds, finished ahead 373 times
- Rían Burke — met in 639 rounds, finished ahead 272 times · head to head
- Namuun Natsagdorj — met in 588 rounds, finished ahead 155 times
Next targets
- A sub-1 Skewb single — 35 people have one; it is 0.37 away.
- A sub-1 Pyraminx single — 49 people have one; it is 0.94 away.
Targets move as he improves.