People · United Kingdom
Errol Bland
2×2 · top 5.2% of 186,767 all-time · competing since April 2022 · 2022BLAN02
Errol Bland has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.06, set at Leicestershire Autumn 2024, puts him in the top 5.2% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 376th in the United Kingdom. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 14 competitions since April 2022, he has put 475 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 58% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. That figure sets aside his 7 DNFs. His 2×2 best has come down from 4.99 in April 2022 to 2.06, a 59% improvement. Errol has entered 14 competitions, more competitions than 95% 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 | 2.06 | 3.11 | top 5.2% | 376 / 4,895 | |
| 3×3 | 9.31 | 10.76 | top 5.6% | 418 / 6,689 | |
| Pyraminx | 3.90 | 5.19 | top 7.2% | 279 / 3,656 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 18.91 | 24.88 | top 17.5% | 329 / 1,851 | |
| Skewb | 4.96 | 7.18 | top 17.8% | 426 / 2,421 | |
| 4×4 | 54.47 | 1:00.78 | top 30.1% | 671 / 2,071 | |
| 5×5 | 1:54.10 | 2:14.07 | top 45.4% | 562 / 1,151 | |
| Clock | 17.33 | — | top 56.6% | 735 / 1,232 | |
| Megaminx | 2:57.84 | — | early days — 1 solve | 824 / 966 | |
| Square-1 | 1:01.79 | — | early days — 2 solves | 679 / 778 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 69 moves | — | early days — 1 solve | 368 / 372 |
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, 2×2. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 29 Mar 2024Three personal bests in one day at Manchester Spring 2024.
- 20 Jan 2024First sub-10 3×3: 9.85 at Manchester Winter 2024.
- 20 Jan 2024Eight personal bests in one day at Manchester Winter 2024.
- 17 Jun 2023First sub-15 3×3: 13.91 at Wiltshire Summer 2023.
- 17 Jun 2023Seven personal bests in one day at Wiltshire Summer 2023.
- 25 Feb 2023Three personal bests in one day at Lincolnshire Winter 2023.
Competitions
- Rubik's UK Championship 2024 · 1 Nov 2024
- Leicestershire Autumn 2024 · 28 Sep 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Manchester Spring 2024 · 29 Mar 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Wiltshire March 2024 · 23 Mar 2024
- Manchester Winter 2024 · 20 Jan 2024 — 8 personal bests set
- Rubik's UK Championship 2023 · 20 Oct 2023 — 1 personal best set
- August Bank Holiday Manchester 2023 · 26 Aug 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Wiltshire Summer 2023 · 17 Jun 2023 — 7 personal bests set
- Lincolnshire Winter 2023 · 25 Feb 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Kewbz UK Championship 2022 · 28 Oct 2022 — 3 personal bests set
- Lincoln Summer 2022 · 20 Aug 2022 — 4 personal bests set
- Cheltenham Summer 2022 · 25 Jun 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Stevenage Spring 2022 · 30 Apr 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Farnworth Spring B 2022 · 10 Apr 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.
- Ben Stokes — met in 85 rounds, finished ahead 7 times
- Cham J. Chambers — met in 81 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Joel Keenan — met in 79 rounds, finished ahead 20 times
Next targets
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.06 away.
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.31 away.
Targets move as he improves.