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Fergus Paterson

2×2 · top 5.8% of 186,767 all-time · competing since March 2024 · 2024PATE07

Fergus Paterson has been competing for 2 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.15, set at Stevenage May 2026, puts him in the top 5.8% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 416th in the United Kingdom. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 12 competitions since March 2024, he has put 396 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 71% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 21.02 in March 2024 to 12.90, a 39% improvement. Fergus has entered twelve competitions, more competitions than 94% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 5.8% of 186,767 all-time
2.15
signature single · Stevenage May 2026
396
official solves on the record
14%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 71% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited Kingdom
2×22.153.86
top 5.8%416 / 4,895
Pyraminx4.869.40
top 12.3%482 / 3,656
Skewb4.758.69
top 16.3%383 / 2,421
3×312.9015.04
top 17.1%1,152 / 6,689
Clock9.1011.95
top 20.5%282 / 1,232
4×455.951:00.50
top 31.9%712 / 2,071
3×3 one-handed29.4539.22
top 45.4%799 / 1,851
Megaminx2:05.322:45.29
top 48.8%559 / 966
Square-139.5452.89
top 64.8%531 / 778
5×52:43.643:05.44
top 72.0%899 / 1,151
6×64:30.784:34.73
top 74.9%435 / 548

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 Newcomers Sunday 2024: 21.02Birmingham Summer 2024: 17.86Kewbz UK Open 2024: 19.52Stevenage January 2025: 15.66Stevenage July 2025: 16.31Stevenage 10th Anniversary 2025: 12.90Stevenage January 2026: 13.40Brighton 3x3 Day 2026: 13.65Stevenage May 2026: 13.68Stevenage July 2026: 13.54Kewbz UK Championship 2026: 14.0612.9021.0210 Mar 202428 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.

Next targets

  • A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.15 away.
  • A sub-4 Pyraminx single — 9,892 people have one; it is 0.86 away.

Targets move as he improves.