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Ruairi Moloney

2×2 · top 6.1% of 189,179 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 6.1% of the 189,179 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 441st in Australia. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 16 competitions since September 2017, he has put 490 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 76% of the 36,406 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 16 competitions, more competitions than 96% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 6.1% of 189,179 all-time
2.18
signature single · Queensland Open 2026
490
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 76% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingAustralia
2×22.183.48
top 6.1%441 / 8,727
3×39.6311.21
top 6.5%594 / 11,943
Skewb3.314.93
top 6.7%192 / 3,589
4×438.7744.46
top 10.7%282 / 3,108
Pyraminx4.877.55
top 12.4%587 / 6,109
5×51:14.841:21.35
top 15.3%213 / 1,412
Megaminx1:18.251:25.62
top 20.7%255 / 1,313
Clock9.6311.57
top 23.1%272 / 1,159
6×62:29.632:34.39
top 25.6%163 / 667
3×3 one-handed22.5426.25
top 27.6%623 / 2,685
Square-123.2129.24
top 35.3%347 / 920
7×75:11.845:20.58
early days — 3 solves273 / 540

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

Brisbane Winter 2017: 29.77Australian Nationals 2017: 29.21Brisbane Winter 2018: 11.36Australian Nationals 2018: 13.68Northside Cube Day 2019: 13.01Koalafication Brisbane 2019: 12.90WCA World Championship 2019: 14.21Gold Coast Spring 2019: 13.99Toowoomba Twist Off 2025: 10.68Australian Nationals 2025: 10.21Speedy Southport 2025: 10.39Cube Against Cancer Brisbane 2026: 10.62Queensland Open 2026: 9.63Brisbane Finnish Morning 2026: 10.249.6329.7716 Sep 201717 Oct 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-2 2×2 single — 9,039 people have one; it is 0.18 away.
  • A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 1.63 away.

Targets move as he improves.