People · Ireland
Tom Murphy
2×2 · top 7.0% of 189,179 all-time · competing since July 2022 · 2022MURP12
Tom Murphy has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.29, set at Dublin Open Sunday 2022, puts him in the top 7.0% of the 189,179 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 110th in Ireland. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 6 competitions since July 2022, he has put 196 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 51% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 17.82 in July 2022 to 11.62, a 35% improvement. Tom 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 | 2.29 | 4.41 | top 7.0% | 110 / 1,190 | |
| 3×3 | 11.62 | 13.15 | top 12.6% | 186 / 1,465 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.76 | 8.87 | top 25.9% | 306 / 924 | |
| Megaminx | 1:47.85 | 2:10.18 | top 39.3% | 119 / 288 | |
| 4×4 | 1:15.48 | 1:27.93 | top 52.1% | 271 / 586 | |
| Skewb | 13.26 | 19.92 | top 71.8% | 470 / 632 | |
| Clock | 39.80 | — | early days — 2 solves | 316 / 342 |
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
- 4 Nov 2022Three personal bests in one day at Irish Championship 2022.
- 8 Oct 2022Three personal bests in one day at Cubing in Cill Chainnigh 2022.
- 21 Aug 2022First sub-15 3×3: 13.51 at Dublin Open Sunday 2022.
- 23 Jul 2022First competition: Cubing with the Cats Saturday 2022. A 18.41 3×3 single to start from.
- 23 Jul 2022Three personal bests in one day at Cubing with the Cats Saturday 2022.
Competitions
- Don't Lockup Loch Garman 2023 · 15 Apr 2023
- Cork Spring 2023 · 25 Feb 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Irish Championship 2022 · 4 Nov 2022 — 3 personal bests set
- Cubing in Cill Chainnigh 2022 · 8 Oct 2022 — 3 personal bests set
- Dublin Open Sunday 2022 · 21 Aug 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Cubing with the Cats Saturday 2022 · 23 Jul 2022 — 3 personal bests set
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.
- Richard Madden — met in 43 rounds, never finished ahead
- Mary Hennessy — met in 41 rounds, finished ahead 14 times
- Namuun Natsagdorj — met in 37 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 9,039 people have one; it is 0.29 away.
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,606 people have one; it is 1.62 away.
Targets move as he improves.