People · United Kingdom
Ed Scholey
2×2 · top 3.9% of 189,179 all-time · competing since January 2020 · 2020SCHO03
Ed Scholey has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.85, set at Wakefield Open 2022, puts him in the top 3.9% of the 189,179 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 280th in the United Kingdom. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 19 competitions since January 2020, he has put 922 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 83% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 19.03 in January 2020 to 9.43, a 50% improvement. Ed has entered 19 competitions, more competitions than 96% 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 | 1.85 | 3.74 | top 3.9% | 280 / 4,946 | |
| Clock | 4.82 | 5.79 | top 4.0% | 63 / 1,255 | |
| Skewb | 2.88 | 7.39 | top 4.4% | 101 / 2,439 | |
| 3×3 | 9.43 | 10.73 | top 6.0% | 452 / 6,785 | |
| 4×4 | 36.52 | 45.08 | top 8.3% | 201 / 2,112 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.96 | 8.36 | top 12.9% | 505 / 3,704 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 18.35 | 23.06 | top 16.1% | 305 / 1,861 | |
| 5×5 | 1:20.77 | 1:24.54 | top 19.9% | 268 / 1,167 | |
| Megaminx | 1:20.74 | 1:27.96 | top 22.4% | 277 / 998 | |
| 6×6 | 2:29.67 | 2:47.12 | top 25.6% | 155 / 560 | |
| 7×7 | 4:38.23 | 4:51.46 | top 44.0% | 215 / 463 |
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
- 16 Dec 2023Three personal bests in one day at Wiltshire December 2023.
- 9 Sep 2023First sub-10 3×3: 9.91 at Wiltshire Autumn 2023.
- 4 Feb 2023Three personal bests in one day at Guildford Winter 2023.
- 7 Jan 2023Three personal bests in one day at Wiltshire Winter 2023.
- 28 Oct 2022Four personal bests in one day at Kewbz UK Championship 2022.
- 8 Oct 2022Four personal bests in one day at Chippenham Autumn 2022.
Competitions
- Brighton 3x3 Day 2026 · 18 Apr 2026
- Wiltshire February 2024 · 3 Feb 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Wiltshire December 2023 · 16 Dec 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Rubik's UK Championship 2023 · 20 Oct 2023
- Wiltshire Autumn 2023 · 9 Sep 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Bristol Summer 2023 · 8 Jul 2023
- Wiltshire Summer 2023 · 17 Jun 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Wiltshire Spring 2023 · 25 Mar 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Guildford Winter 2023 · 4 Feb 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Wiltshire Winter 2023 · 7 Jan 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Kewbz UK Championship 2022 · 28 Oct 2022 — 4 personal bests set
- Chippenham Autumn 2022 · 8 Oct 2022 — 4 personal bests set
- August Bank Holiday Cheltenham 2022 · 27 Aug 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Rubik's WCA European Championship 2022 · 14 Jul 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Cheltenham Summer 2022 · 25 Jun 2022
- Wakefield Spring 2022 · 7 May 2022 — 3 personal bests set
- Wakefield Open 2022 · 29 Jan 2022 — 4 personal bests set
- Doncaster Open 2020 · 22 Feb 2020 — 2 personal bests set
- Guildford Open 2020 · 18 Jan 2020 — 1 personal best 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.
- Ben Stokes — met in 153 rounds, finished ahead 13 times
- Oliver Wheat — met in 152 rounds, finished ahead 70 times
- Aidan Grainger — met in 139 rounds, finished ahead 20 times
Next targets
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,050 people have one; it is 0.85 away.
- A sub-4 Clock single — 754 people have one; it is 0.82 away.
Targets move as he improves.