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Seán O'Toole

2×2 · top 1.3% of 186,767 all-time · competing since June 2017 · 2017OTOO03

Seán O'Toole has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.28, set at PBs in Phibblestown 2025, puts him in the top 1.3% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 24th in Ireland. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 74 competitions since June 2017, he has put 3,361 official solves on the record across 14 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 60% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 47.72 in June 2017 to 9.60, an 80% improvement. He has entered 74 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 1.3% of 186,767 all-time
1.28
signature single · PBs in Phibblestown 2025
3,361
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 60% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingIreland
2×21.283.42
top 1.3%24 / 1,163
Clock4.035.08
top 2.4%12 / 331
3×39.6013.21
top 6.4%100 / 1,427
Skewb3.735.73
top 9.1%64 / 624
Megaminx59.411:14.34
top 9.7%37 / 283
Pyraminx5.5110.53
top 16.5%197 / 911
Square-115.3323.48
top 17.2%39 / 194
4×447.8253.60
top 21.9%112 / 579
3×3 Fewest Moves35 moves42.00
top 30.0%22 / 88
5×51:33.871:41.55
top 30.6%91 / 296
3×3 one-handed26.1034.79
top 37.1%137 / 448
6×62:55.293:25.75
top 38.7%60 / 142
7×75:57.096:35.67
top 67.0%72 / 108
3×3 blindfolded6:12.08—
early days — 1 solve55 / 59

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

Irish Championship 2017: 47.72Dublin Open 2017: 38.47Irish Championship 2018: 23.74Lincoln Open 2019: 22.13Irish Championship 2019: 22.77Cubing in Cill Chainnigh 2019: 21.29Every Event Éire 2019: 19.83Don't DNF Dublin 2020: 17.52September Speedcubing Tour Naprawa 2021: 13.90Tuam Re-Open Sunday 2021: 14.89Glasgow Open 2022: 12.70Don't DNF Dublin 2022: 13.86Rubik's WCA European Championship 2022: 14.79Dublin Open Sunday 2022: 12.96Cubing in Cill Chainnigh 2022: 13.34Kewbz UK Championship 2022: 13.70Irish Championship 2022: 13.13Tuam Open Saturday 2022: 13.22Belfast Winter 2023: 12.58Glasgow Winter 2023: 11.90Turnin' in Termonfeckin Saturday 2023: 13.71Don't Lockup Loch Garman 2023: 14.21It's a Long Way to Tipperary 2023: 12.93Irish Championship 2023: 14.14Dublin Summer Solving Sunday 2023: 13.20Cubing in Cill Chainnigh 2023: 13.62Mayo Cubing 2023: 12.92Meath Autumn 2023: 11.72Tuam Winter 2023: 12.24Gort-a Go Fast 2024: 13.74Corduff Cubing Saturday 2024: 10.87Cork Spring 2024: 14.90UCD Cube Days 2024: 11.72Please Be Qualified Ireland 2024: 12.61Belfast Summer 2024: 11.80Manchester June 2024: 14.06Rubik's Irish Championship 2024: 11.28Rubik's WCA European Championship 2024: 12.45Cubing with the Kilkenny Cats Sunday 2024: 12.05Meath for Speed 2024: 13.87Tír Chonaill Cubing 2024: 11.77Dublin Winter Solving 2025: 12.24Cork Spring 2025: 13.53Gort-a Go Fast 2025: 13.94UCD Cube Days 2025: 12.52Don't Go Slow in Wicklow 2025: 9.60Castletown Showdown 2025: 11.77PBs in Phibblestown 2025: 12.78Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025: 12.23Meath for Speed 2025: 12.90Rubik's Irish Championship 2025: 11.55Mayo Cubing 2025: 12.17Termonfeckin Fast 2025: 12.71Belfast Autumn 2025: 10.84Leopardstown Cube Races 2025: 12.85Dublin Pick 'N' Mix 2026: 12.71Marrakech Open 2026: 10.91Lets Go Carlow 2026: 12.56Cork Spring 2026: 10.28Gort-a Go Fast 2026: 12.06TUD Unscramble Day 2026: 11.81Don't Go Slow in Wicklow 2026: 13.82Split Open 2026: 12.89Rubik's WCA European Championship 2026: 14.30Rubik's Irish Championship 2026: 12.70Éire 100 2026: 12.809.6047.7224 Jun 201722 Aug 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.

  • Simon Kelly — met in 590 rounds, finished ahead 247 times
  • Ben Timmons — met in 581 rounds, finished ahead 88 times
  • Mary Hennessy — met in 454 rounds, finished ahead 194 times

Next targets

  • A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.28 away.
  • A sub-4 Clock single — 741 people have one; it is 0.03 away.

Targets move as he improves.