People · Australia
Ruairi Moloney
2×2 · top 6.0% of 186,767 all-time · competing since September 2017 · 2017MOLO02
Ruairi Moloney has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.18, set at Queensland Open 2026, puts him in the top 6.0% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 433rd in Australia. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 14 competitions since September 2017, he has put 463 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 82% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 29.77 in September 2017 to 9.63, a 68% improvement. Ruairi has entered 14 competitions, more competitions than 95% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Australia | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 2.18 | 3.48 | top 6.0% | 433 / 8,567 | |
| 3×3 | 9.63 | 11.21 | top 6.4% | 587 / 11,709 | |
| Skewb | 3.31 | 4.93 | top 6.6% | 190 / 3,534 | |
| 4×4 | 38.77 | 45.78 | top 10.6% | 277 / 3,051 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.87 | 7.55 | top 12.4% | 582 / 5,993 | |
| 5×5 | 1:14.84 | 1:21.35 | top 15.2% | 206 / 1,356 | |
| Megaminx | 1:18.25 | 1:25.62 | top 20.7% | 251 / 1,277 | |
| Clock | 9.90 | 12.79 | top 24.6% | 274 / 1,095 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 22.54 | 26.25 | top 27.5% | 618 / 2,659 | |
| 6×6 | 2:43.81 | 2:56.63 | top 32.9% | 202 / 641 | |
| Square-1 | 23.21 | 29.24 | top 35.2% | 341 / 899 | |
| 7×7 | 5:11.84 | 5:20.58 | early days — 3 solves | 267 / 523 |
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
- 27 Jun 2026First sub-10 3×3: 9.63 at Queensland Open 2026.
- 27 Jun 2026Five personal bests in one day at Queensland Open 2026.
- 2 Oct 2025Six personal bests in one day at Australian Nationals 2025.
- 30 Aug 2025Three personal bests in one day at Please Be Finished Brisbane 2025.
- 28 Jun 2025Four personal bests in one day at Toowoomba Twist Off 2025.
- 6 Oct 2018Four personal bests in one day at Australian Nationals 2018.
Competitions
- Queensland Open 2026 · 27 Jun 2026 — 5 personal bests set
- Cube Against Cancer Brisbane 2026 · 14 Feb 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Speedy Southport 2025 · 22 Nov 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Australian Nationals 2025 · 2 Oct 2025 — 6 personal bests set
- Please Be Finished Brisbane 2025 · 30 Aug 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Toowoomba Twist Off 2025 · 28 Jun 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Gold Coast Spring 2019 · 21 Sep 2019 — 1 personal best set
- WCA World Championship 2019 · 11 Jul 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Koalafication Brisbane 2019 · 6 Apr 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Northside Cube Day 2019 · 12 Jan 2019
- Australian Nationals 2018 · 6 Oct 2018 — 4 personal bests set
- Brisbane Winter 2018 · 30 Jun 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Australian Nationals 2017 · 23 Sep 2017 — 3 personal bests set
- Brisbane Winter 2017 · 16 Sep 2017
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.
- Tommas Austin-Milne — met in 81 rounds, finished ahead 21 times
- Ming Dao Ting — met in 69 rounds, finished ahead 50 times
- Laura Ting — met in 58 rounds, finished ahead 44 times
Next targets
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.18 away.
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.63 away.
Targets move as he improves.