People · United Kingdom
Finlay Meakin
2×2 · top 6.0% of 186,767 all-time · competing since March 2024 · 2024MEAK01
Finlay Meakin has been competing for 2 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.18, set at Glasgow NxN Day 2025, puts him in the top 6.0% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 434th in the United Kingdom. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 7 competitions since March 2024, he has put 167 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 82% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 2×2 best has come down from 4.06 in March 2024 to 2.18, a 46% improvement. Finlay 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 | 2.18 | 3.50 | top 6.0% | 434 / 4,895 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.52 | 9.75 | top 16.6% | 643 / 3,656 | |
| 3×3 | 15.21 | 18.11 | top 25.1% | 1,663 / 6,689 | |
| Skewb | 6.93 | 8.57 | top 33.1% | 781 / 2,421 |
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
- 30 May 2025First sub-20 3×3: 18.03 at Kewbz Scottish Championship 2025.
- 30 May 2025Three personal bests in one day at Kewbz Scottish Championship 2025.
- 11 Jan 2025Four personal bests in one day at Edinburgh Winter 2025.
- 23 Jun 2024Three personal bests in one day at Edinburgh Summer Beginners 2024.
- 2 Mar 2024First competition: Glasgow Spring 2024. A 26.10 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Glasgow Favourites Evening V 2026 · 3 Mar 2026
- Glasgow Favourites Evening IV 2025 · 24 Oct 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Glasgow NxN Day 2025 · 2 Aug 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Kewbz Scottish Championship 2025 · 30 May 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Edinburgh Winter 2025 · 11 Jan 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Edinburgh Summer Beginners 2024 · 23 Jun 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Glasgow Spring 2024 · 2 Mar 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 his.
- Luke Rigg — met in 24 rounds, finished ahead 23 times
- Shiraz Malik — met in 23 rounds, finished ahead 7 times
- Rylan Cheng-Brown — met in 22 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
Next targets
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.18 away.
- A sub-5 Pyraminx single — 17,019 people have one; it is 0.52 away.
Targets move as he improves.