People · Ireland
Sarah Dowling
Pyraminx · top 71.3% of 130,891 all-time · competing since February 2025 · 2025DOWL01
Sarah Dowling has been competing for a year. Her best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 12.69, set at Mayo Cubing 2026, puts her in the top 71.3% of the 130,891 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 707th in Ireland. Across 10 competitions since February 2025, she has put 104 official solves on the record across three events. Solve to solve, her 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 64% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. That figure sets aside her 3 DNFs. Her 3×3 best has come down from 1:21.56 in February 2025 to 50.71, a 38% improvement. Sarah has entered ten competitions, more competitions than 92% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Ireland | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 12.69 | 22.28 | top 71.3% | 707 / 924 | |
| 2×2 | 11.91 | 19.93 | top 84.1% | 1,009 / 1,190 | |
| 3×3 | 50.71 | 55.62 | top 86.5% | 1,327 / 1,465 |
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
- 29 Nov 2025First sub-60 3×3: 50.75 at Solving by the Barrow 2025.
- 22 Feb 2025First competition: Cork Spring 2025. A 1:21.56 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Mayo Cubing 2026 · 5 Sep 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Rubik's Irish Championship 2026 · 24 Jul 2026
- Solving Ferry Fast Rosslare 2026 · 28 Mar 2026
- Gort-a Go Fast 2026 · 7 Mar 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Cork Spring 2026 · 21 Feb 2026
- Solving by the Barrow 2025 · 29 Nov 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Rubik's Irish Championship 2025 · 15 Aug 2025
- Meath for Speed 2025 · 26 Jul 2025 — 1 personal best set
- It's a Long Way to Tipperary 2025 · 17 May 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Cork Spring 2025 · 22 Feb 2025
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 her.
- Ben Timmons — met in 22 rounds, finished ahead once
- Lucas Patrick Dowling — met in 22 rounds, finished ahead once
- Logan Tully — met in 20 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-12 Pyraminx single — 87,967 people have one; it is 0.69 away.
- A sub-10 2×2 single — 147,358 people have one; it is 1.91 away.
Targets move as she improves.