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Edward Carew-Jones

2×2 · top 3.3% of 186,767 all-time · competing since July 2022 · 2022CARE01

Edward Carew-Jones has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.74, set at Bristol June 2026, puts him in the top 3.3% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 242nd in the United Kingdom. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 35 competitions since July 2022, he has put 1,198 official solves on the record across 14 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 87% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 19.71 in July 2022 to 10.85, a 45% improvement. Edward has entered 35 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 3.3% of 186,767 all-time
1.74
signature single · Bristol June 2026
1,198
official solves on the record
15%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 87% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited Kingdom
2×21.743.37
top 3.3%242 / 4,895
Skewb3.094.70
top 5.4%122 / 2,421
Pyraminx3.566.15
top 5.7%212 / 3,656
3×310.8513.35
top 10.0%715 / 6,689
Clock7.799.16
top 14.2%206 / 1,232
Square-115.5716.92
top 17.7%175 / 778
3×3 one-handed19.6125.46
top 19.5%371 / 1,851
4×451.061:00.99
top 26.0%580 / 2,071
Megaminx1:36.731:47.03
top 32.5%366 / 966
5×51:41.951:53.58
top 36.8%466 / 1,151
7×75:56.167:46.51
top 66.8%326 / 459
3×3 Fewest Moves46 moves57.33
top 68.6%268 / 372
6×64:22.445:01.39
top 72.5%417 / 548
3×3 blindfolded9:23.00—
early days — 1 solve311 / 311

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

Stevenage Summer 2022: 19.71Droitwich Spa Autumn 2022: 20.97Chippenham Autumn 2022: 20.86Kewbz UK Championship 2022: 18.46Weston-super-Mare Autumn 2022: 23.62Stevenage January 2023: 18.08Wiltshire Spring 2023: 20.01Weston-super-Mare Spring 2023: 15.18Exeter Summer 2023: 18.79Rubik's WCA World Championship 2023: 16.19Weston-super-Mare Autumn 2023: 15.13Bristol Summer 2024: 14.85Singapore Hougang Open 2024: 15.14Wiltshire September 2024: 14.09Weston-super-Mare Autumn 2024: 10.85Wiltshire November 2024: 14.14Hampshire Winter 2025: 13.00Wiltshire Spring 2025: 13.58Weston-super-Mare Spring 2025: 12.98Wiltshire Summer 2025: 14.17Bristol August 2025: 13.18Weston-super-Mare Autumn 2025: 15.05Wiltshire Winter 2025: 13.33Devon Winter 2026: 11.75Wiltshire Spring 2026: 11.15Bristol June 2026: 11.53Odd July Singapore 2026: 31.87Singapore Aug Even 2026: 14.33Singapore Augu-Skewb Day 2026: 12.1510.8531.879 Jul 202223 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.

  • Blue James — met in 187 rounds, finished ahead 38 times
  • Oliver Wheat — met in 172 rounds, finished ahead 32 times
  • AJ Nicholls — met in 160 rounds, finished ahead 71 times

Next targets

  • A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.74 away.
  • A sub-3 Skewb single — 3,646 people have one; it is 0.09 away.

Targets move as he improves.