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Simon Kelly

3×3 blindfolded · top 2.6% of 12,178 all-time · competing since June 2017 · 2017KELL08

Simon Kelly has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 3×3 blindfolded: a personal-best single of 23.92, set at Midlands Mix-up 2024, puts him in the top 2.6% of the 12,178 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2nd in Ireland. Until June 2013, no official 3×3 blindfolded solve in the world had been that fast. Across 87 competitions since June 2017, he has put 4,300 official solves on the record across 17 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 54% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 24.65 in June 2017 to 9.24, a 63% improvement. Simon has entered 87 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3 blindfolded
best event — top 2.6% of 12,178 all-time
23.92
signature single · Midlands Mix-up 2024
4,300
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 54% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingIreland
3×3 blindfolded23.9235.94
top 2.6%2 / 59
Pyraminx2.766.99
top 2.9%41 / 911
2×21.793.79
top 3.5%67 / 1,163
3×39.2411.89
top 5.4%85 / 1,427
3×3 Multi-Blind21 of 24 cubes · 48:37—
top 5.8%2 / 24
Skewb3.517.12
top 7.8%51 / 624
Clock6.778.72
top 10.1%46 / 331
4×441.7749.63
top 14.2%81 / 579
4×4 blindfolded4:38.64—
top 19.2%5 / 16
5×51:25.661:38.46
top 23.8%71 / 296
3×3 one-handed21.8529.55
top 25.6%91 / 448
Square-119.9725.52
top 27.9%64 / 194
6×62:57.583:12.92
top 39.9%64 / 142
Megaminx2:00.722:20.62
top 46.0%133 / 283
7×74:59.925:15.58
top 50.6%58 / 108
5×5 blindfolded17:31.00—
early days — 2 solves5 / 7
3×3 Fewest Moves43 moves48.33
top 59.0%47 / 88

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: 24.65Dublin Open 2017: 23.60Irish Championship 2018: 18.28Lincoln Open 2019: 18.75Irish Championship 2019: 17.18Cubing in Cill Chainnigh 2019: 17.03Every Event Éire 2019: 14.86Don't DNF Dublin 2020: 15.48September Speedcubing Tour Naprawa 2021: 13.71Tuam Re-Open Sunday 2021: 12.37Seaside Solving Sunday 2022: 12.02Glasgow Open 2022: 9.81Don't DNF Dublin 2022: 12.25Rubik's WCA European Championship 2022: 12.22Cubing with the Cats Sunday 2022: 11.66Dublin Open Sunday 2022: 10.23Cubing in Cill Chainnigh 2022: 10.38Kewbz UK Championship 2022: 12.69Irish Championship 2022: 11.66Tuam Open Saturday 2022: 11.64UK New Year Countdown 2023: 10.27Belfast Winter 2023: 12.08Glasgow Winter 2023: 12.86Cork Spring 2023: 12.42Turnin' in Termonfeckin Sunday 2023: 12.26Don't Lockup Loch Garman 2023: 9.81Oslo Open 2023: 10.81Irish Championship 2023: 11.27Solving by the Shannon 2023: 10.51Cubing with the Cats Saturday 2023: 12.55Dublin Summer Solving Sunday 2023: 11.43Cubing in Cill Chainnigh 2023: 11.38Mayo Cubing 2023: 10.80Meath Autumn 2023: 12.73Rubik's UK Championship 2023: 12.01Tuam Winter 2023: 10.59Gort-a Go Fast 2024: 12.41Turnin' Offaly Fast 2024: 11.76UCD Cube Days 2024: 11.1450 and Counting Ireland 2024: 12.28Please Be Qualified Ireland 2024: 10.66Turnin' in Termonfeckin Sunday 2024: 10.19Belfast Summer 2024: 11.23Manchester June 2024: 11.35Rubik's Irish Championship 2024: 11.90Midlands Mix-up 2024: 11.58Rubik's WCA European Championship 2024: 12.89Cubing with the Kilkenny Cats Saturday 2024: 11.00Dublin Summer Solving 2024: 12.38Mayo Cubing 2024: 9.96Meath for Speed 2024: 10.96Don't Fail Kinsale 2024: 11.42Dublin Winter Solving 2025: 11.14Cork Spring 2025: 11.79Gort-a Go Fast 2025: 10.84UCD Cube Days 2025: 9.97Don't Go Slow in Wicklow 2025: 11.58It's a Long Way to Tipperary 2025: 11.31Castletown Showdown 2025: 11.18PBs in Phibblestown 2025: 10.80Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025: 10.79Cubing with the Kilkenny Cats 2025: 12.98Meath for Speed 2025: 12.47Rubik's Irish Championship 2025: 11.52Dublin Autumn Solving 2025: 12.40Mayo Cubing 2025: 11.34Termonfeckin Fast 2025: 11.66Re-Laois the Cubers 2025: 11.24Leopardstown Cube Races 2025: 9.24Dublin Pick 'N' Mix 2026: 11.21Marrakech Open 2026: 11.87Lets Go Carlow 2026: 10.52Gort-a Go Fast 2026: 11.02Lets Go Back to Carlow 2026: 9.73Re-Laois the Cubers 2026: 10.86Rubik's WCA European Championship 2026: 11.45Rubik's Irish Championship 2026: 10.22Éire 100 2026: 10.449.2424.6524 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.

Next targets

  • A sub-20 3×3 blindfolded single — 166 people have one; it is 3.92 away.
  • A sub-2 Pyraminx single — 1,476 people have one; it is 0.76 away.

Targets move as he improves.