People · United Kingdom
Freya McGovern
2×2 · top 3.5% of 186,767 all-time · competing since June 2024 · 2024MCGO05
Freya McGovern has been competing for 2 years. Her best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.78, set at Edinburgh Autumn 2025, puts her in the top 3.5% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 255th in the United Kingdom. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 3 competitions since June 2024, she has put 89 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, her 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one, an early reading from 9 counted rounds. Her 3×3 best has come down from 13.54 in June 2024 to 9.24, a 32% improvement. Freya has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% 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 | 1.78 | 3.81 | top 3.5% | 255 / 4,895 | |
| 3×3 | 9.24 | 10.91 | top 5.4% | 401 / 6,689 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.58 | 10.19 | top 24.5% | 967 / 3,656 | |
| 4×4 | 1:06.45 | 1:13.50 | top 43.4% | 940 / 2,071 |
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
- 23 Nov 2025First sub-10 3×3: 9.24 at Glasgow Autumn Beginners 2025.
- 20 Sep 2025Four personal bests in one day at Edinburgh Autumn 2025.
- 23 Jun 2024First competition: Edinburgh Summer Beginners 2024. A 13.54 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Glasgow Autumn Beginners 2025 · 23 Nov 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Edinburgh Autumn 2025 · 20 Sep 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Edinburgh Summer Beginners 2024 · 23 Jun 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 her.
- Sebastian Henry — met in 17 rounds, finished ahead 15 times
- Shiraz Malik — met in 14 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
- Piru Tang — met in 13 rounds, finished ahead 9 times
Next targets
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.78 away.
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.24 away.
Targets move as she improves.