People · United Kingdom
Ellie Kirkby
2×2 · top 17.3% of 186,767 all-time · competing since November 2024 · 2024KIRK06
Ellie Kirkby has been competing for a year. Her best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 3.26, set at Rubik's UK Championship 2025, puts her in the top 17.3% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,007th in the United Kingdom. Across 7 competitions since November 2024, she has put 96 official solves on the record across two events. Solve to solve, her 3×3 times vary about 9% around a typical one, steadier than 99% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. That figure sets aside her 3 DNFs. Her 3×3 best has come down from 17.08 in November 2024 to 13.71, a 20% improvement. Ellie has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% 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 | 3.26 | 5.61 | top 17.3% | 1,007 / 4,895 | |
| 3×3 | 13.71 | 16.24 | top 20.0% | 1,341 / 6,689 |
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
- 29 Nov 2025First sub-15 3×3: 13.71 at Leicestershire Autumn 2025.
- 16 Nov 2024First competition: Weston-super-Mare Autumn 2024. A 17.08 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Leicestershire Autumn 2025 · 29 Nov 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Rubik's UK Championship 2025 · 22 Aug 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Manchester June 2025 · 15 Jun 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Weston-super-Mare Spring 2025 · 17 May 2025
- Birmingham Spring 2025 · 12 Apr 2025
- Manchester January 2025 · 25 Jan 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Weston-super-Mare Autumn 2024 · 16 Nov 2024
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 her.
- Jimi Naysmith — met in 19 rounds, never finished ahead
- Ada Cooke — met in 18 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
- Maxwell Davies — met in 18 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.26 away.
- A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 1.71 away.
Targets move as she improves.