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Tadhg Kelly

3×3 · top 1.1% of 288,433 all-time · competing since November 2022 · 2022KELL21

Tadhg Kelly has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 6.80, set at Rubik's WCA European Championship 2026, puts him in the top 1.1% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 24th in Ireland. Until November 2010, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 27 competitions since November 2022, he has put 893 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 65% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 14.97 in November 2022 to 6.80, a 55% improvement. Tadhg has entered 27 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 1.1% of 288,433 all-time
6.80
signature single · Rubik's WCA European Championship 2026
893
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 65% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingIreland
3×36.807.92
top 1.1%24 / 1,465
2×21.443.54
top 1.9%39 / 1,190
4×436.0639.88
top 7.8%49 / 586
Megaminx59.431:13.47
top 9.8%40 / 288
5×51:13.371:22.52
top 14.2%45 / 300
Pyraminx6.448.20
top 23.4%271 / 924
6×62:53.963:19.67
top 38.0%59 / 144
Clock12.8715.55
top 39.1%142 / 342
Skewb9.5615.72
top 52.3%342 / 632
3×3 one-handed33.7547.39
top 55.0%215 / 454

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 2022: 14.97Tuam Open Saturday 2022: 18.03Cork Spring 2023: 13.15Don't Lockup Loch Garman 2023: 12.73It's a Long Way to Tipperary 2023: 11.63Irish Championship 2023: 11.46Cubing in Cill Chainnigh 2023: 10.60Tuam Winter 2023: 10.87Gort-a Go Fast 2024: 9.62Please Be Qualified Ireland 2024: 8.67Midlands Mix-up 2024: 8.73Meath for Speed 2024: 8.95Gort-a Go Fast 2025: 8.88UCD Cube Days 2025: 7.11It's a Long Way to Tipperary 2025: 8.89Meath for Speed 2025: 8.68Rubik's Irish Championship 2025: 7.70Mayo Cubing 2025: 7.82Leopardstown Cube Races 2025: 7.80Lets Go Carlow 2026: 7.62Gort-a Go Fast 2026: 7.67UCD Cube Days 2026: 6.99Roscommon Cubing 2026: 7.41Rubik's WCA European Championship 2026: 6.80Rubik's Irish Championship 2026: 7.22Éire 100 2026: 7.31Dublin Autumn Solving 2026: 7.236.8018.034 Nov 202226 Sep 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-6 3×3 single — 1,419 people have one; it is 0.80 away.
  • A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,050 people have one; it is 0.44 away.

Targets move as he improves.