People · Ireland
Sean Conlon
2×2 · top 3.2% of 186,767 all-time · competing since April 2025 · 2025CONL02
Sean Conlon has been competing for a year. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.72, set at Gort-a Go Fast 2026, puts him in the top 3.2% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 60th in Ireland. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 6 competitions since April 2025, he has put 307 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one; 94% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 27.47 in April 2025 to 11.54, a 58% improvement. Sean has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Ireland | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 1.72 | 3.91 | top 3.2% | 60 / 1,163 | |
| 3×3 | 11.54 | 16.06 | top 12.3% | 181 / 1,427 | |
| Skewb | 4.21 | 7.57 | top 12.4% | 91 / 624 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.95 | 7.05 | top 12.9% | 164 / 911 | |
| Clock | 8.79 | 10.05 | top 18.9% | 75 / 331 | |
| Square-1 | 19.27 | 29.63 | top 26.2% | 59 / 194 | |
| Megaminx | 1:34.72 | 1:54.36 | top 31.2% | 93 / 283 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 24.69 | 28.69 | top 33.4% | 124 / 448 | |
| 4×4 | 1:14.62 | 1:27.94 | top 51.2% | 260 / 579 | |
| 5×5 | 2:29.85 | 2:47.66 | top 65.7% | 187 / 296 | |
| 6×6 | 6:03.19 | — | early days — 1 solve | 130 / 142 |
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
- 30 May 2026Six personal bests in one day at Lets Go Back to Carlow 2026.
- 7 Mar 2026First sub-15 3×3: 13.01 at Gort-a Go Fast 2026.
- 7 Mar 2026Nine personal bests in one day at Gort-a Go Fast 2026.
- 15 Nov 2025Nine personal bests in one day at Belfast Autumn 2025.
- 15 Aug 2025First sub-20 3×3: 16.80 at Rubik's Irish Championship 2025.
- 15 Aug 2025Three personal bests in one day at Rubik's Irish Championship 2025.
Competitions
- Rubik's Irish Championship 2026 · 24 Jul 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Lets Go Back to Carlow 2026 · 30 May 2026 — 6 personal bests set
- Gort-a Go Fast 2026 · 7 Mar 2026 — 9 personal bests set
- Belfast Autumn 2025 · 15 Nov 2025 — 9 personal bests set
- Rubik's Irish Championship 2025 · 15 Aug 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- UCD Cube Days 2025 · 12 Apr 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 his.
- Ben Timmons — met in 70 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Oisín Olwill — met in 69 rounds, finished ahead 8 times
- Deasúin Kenny — met in 68 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
Next targets
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.72 away.
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 1.54 away.
Targets move as he improves.