People · United Kingdom
Tommy Kiely
2×2 · top 0.2% of 186,767 all-time · competing since June 2022 · 2022KIEL01
Tommy Kiely has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 0.77, set at Manchester Favourites I 2025, puts him in the top 0.2% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 19th in the United Kingdom. Until November 2011, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 28 competitions since June 2022, he has put 1,349 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 59% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 27.86 in June 2022 to 5.86, a 79% improvement. Tommy has entered 28 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United Kingdom | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 0.77 | 1.21 | top 0.2% | 19 / 4,895 | |
| 3×3 | 5.86 | 7.17 | top 0.41% | 42 / 6,689 | |
| Pyraminx | 2.06 | 4.09 | top 1.3% | 52 / 3,656 | |
| Skewb | 1.98 | 5.65 | top 1.3% | 34 / 2,421 | |
| Clock | 4.07 | 6.17 | top 2.4% | 38 / 1,232 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 12.28 | 15.81 | top 3.4% | 67 / 1,851 | |
| 4×4 | 35.10 | 39.62 | top 6.8% | 169 / 2,071 | |
| Megaminx | 1:03.39 | 1:08.64 | top 11.7% | 150 / 966 | |
| 5×5 | 1:13.93 | 1:22.79 | top 14.5% | 191 / 1,151 | |
| 6×6 | 2:55.12 | 3:00.92 | top 38.6% | 234 / 548 | |
| Square-1 | 30.54 | 41.72 | top 50.4% | 448 / 778 | |
| 7×7 | 5:07.27 | 5:22.36 | top 52.9% | 260 / 459 |
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
- 28 Aug 2026Five personal bests in one day at Kewbz UK Championship 2026.
- 30 May 2026Eight personal bests in one day at Crewe May 2026.
- 29 Nov 2025Six personal bests in one day at Leicestershire Autumn 2025.
- 22 Aug 2025Four personal bests in one day at Rubik's UK Championship 2025.
- 28 Sep 2024Six personal bests in one day at Leicestershire Autumn 2024.
- 17 Aug 2024First sub-10 3×3: 8.64 at Birmingham Summer 2024.
Competitions
- Kewbz UK Championship 2026 · 28 Aug 2026 — 5 personal bests set
- Rubik's WCA European Championship 2026 · 16 Jul 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Manchester Cubing League - Final 2026 · 4 Jul 2026
- Crewe May 2026 · 30 May 2026 — 8 personal bests set
- Manchester Cubing League - Second 2026 · 25 May 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Liverpool Spring 2026 · 18 Apr 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Crewe Spring 2026 · 21 Mar 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Stevenage March 2026 · 14 Mar 2026
- Crewe Winter 2026 · 21 Feb 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Manchester Favourites II 2026 · 17 Jan 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Leicestershire Autumn 2025 · 29 Nov 2025 — 6 personal bests set
- Manchester October 2025 · 25 Oct 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Manchester Favourites I 2025 · 27 Sep 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Rubik's UK Championship 2025 · 22 Aug 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Manchester June 2025 · 15 Jun 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Crewe Spring 2025 · 10 May 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Birmingham Spring 2025 · 12 Apr 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Rubik's UK Championship 2024 · 1 Nov 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Leicestershire Autumn 2024 · 28 Sep 2024 — 6 personal bests set
- Birmingham Summer 2024 · 17 Aug 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Wakefield Summer 2024 · 15 Jun 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Wakefield Spring 2023 · 1 Apr 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- Lincolnshire Winter 2023 · 25 Feb 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- Wiltshire Winter 2023 · 7 Jan 2023 — 5 personal bests set
- Kewbz UK Championship 2022 · 28 Oct 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Droitwich Spa Autumn 2022 · 17 Sep 2022 — 5 personal bests set
- Lincoln Summer 2022 · 20 Aug 2022 — 4 personal bests set
- Cheltenham Summer 2022 · 25 Jun 2022
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.
- Benjamin Espinosa — met in 209 rounds, finished ahead 50 times
- Billie Hammill — met in 193 rounds, finished ahead 63 times
- Daniel Partridge — met in 190 rounds, finished ahead 22 times
Next targets
- A sub-5 3×3 single — 344 people have one; it is 0.86 away.
- A sub-2 Pyraminx single — 1,476 people have one; it is 0.06 away.
Targets move as he improves.