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Ewan Read

2×2 · top 39.9% of 189,179 all-time · competing since September 2022 · 2022READ01

Ewan Read has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 5.04, set at Hampshire Spring 2023, puts him in the top 39.9% of the 189,179 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,109th in the United Kingdom. Across 6 competitions since September 2022, he has put 98 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 74% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 28.92 in September 2022 to 22.08, a 24% improvement. Ewan has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 39.9% of 189,179 all-time
5.04
signature single · Hampshire Spring 2023
98
official solves on the record
14%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 74% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited Kingdom
2×25.047.28
top 39.9%2,109 / 4,946
3×322.0825.03
top 45.7%3,208 / 6,785
Skewb10.3021.21
top 56.8%1,362 / 2,439
Pyraminx10.8228.38
top 59.2%2,394 / 3,704
4×41:48.40—
early days — 1 solve1,744 / 2,112
3×3 one-handed1:01.59—
early days — 2 solves1,577 / 1,861
Clock31.16—
early days — 2 solves1,105 / 1,255
Square-11:25.61—
early days — 1 solve767 / 789

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

Wakefield Autumn 2022: 28.92Wiltshire Winter 2023: 22.60Bolton Spring 2023: 22.27Wakefield Spring 2023: 24.26Hampshire Spring 2023: 23.17Wakefield Autumn 2023: 22.0822.0828.9210 Sep 20227 Oct 2023

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.

  • Oliver Wheat — met in 23 rounds, never finished ahead
  • Ben Stokes — met in 22 rounds, never finished ahead
  • Fred Lang — met in 19 rounds, never finished ahead

Next targets

  • A sub-5 2×2 single — 74,472 people have one; it is 0.04 away.
  • A sub-20 3×3 single — 115,495 people have one; it is 2.08 away.

Targets move as he improves.