People · United Kingdom
Frank Ludlow
2×2 · top 5.2% of 189,179 all-time · competing since August 2023 · 2023LUDL01
Frank Ludlow has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.06, set at Rubik's UK Championship 2024, puts him in the top 5.2% of the 189,179 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 379th in the United Kingdom. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 7 competitions since August 2023, he has put 227 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 87% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 12.79 in August 2023 to 10.09, a 21% improvement. Frank 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 | 2.06 | 4.01 | top 5.2% | 379 / 4,946 | |
| 3×3 | 10.09 | 11.55 | top 7.8% | 573 / 6,785 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 19.63 | 24.64 | top 19.6% | 374 / 1,861 | |
| 4×4 | 56.94 | 1:00.51 | top 33.1% | 758 / 2,112 | |
| Skewb | 7.12 | 15.21 | top 34.7% | 825 / 2,439 | |
| Pyraminx | 9.48 | 12.22 | top 48.9% | 2,001 / 3,704 | |
| Square-1 | 37.90 | 55.25 | top 62.7% | 524 / 789 | |
| Megaminx | 3:06.17 | 4:08.09 | top 76.5% | 879 / 998 |
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
- 3 Feb 2024Four personal bests in one day at Wiltshire February 2024.
- 19 Aug 2023First competition: Norwich Summer 2023. A 13.90 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Rubik's UK Championship 2024 · 1 Nov 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Chichester Summer 2024 · 20 Jul 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Wiltshire March 2024 · 23 Mar 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Wiltshire February 2024 · 3 Feb 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- Kent Autumn 2023 · 30 Sep 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Harrow Autumn 2023 · 2 Sep 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Norwich Summer 2023 · 19 Aug 2023 — 2 personal bests set
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.
- Dorian Chan — met in 40 rounds, finished ahead 7 times
- James Kyoichi Curry (ジェイムス 恭一) — met in 36 rounds, finished ahead 9 times
- Sophie Gilbert — met in 36 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
Next targets
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 9,039 people have one; it is 0.06 away.
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,606 people have one; it is 0.09 away.
Targets move as he improves.