People · United Kingdom
Isabelle Sturgess
2×2 · top 4.8% of 189,179 all-time · competing since December 2023 · 2023STUR04
Isabelle Sturgess has been competing for 3 years. Her best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.01, set at Bristol Summer 2024, puts her in the top 4.8% of the 189,179 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 354th in the United Kingdom. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 7 competitions since December 2023, she has put 371 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, her 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 54% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. Isabelle 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 | 2.01 | 4.03 | top 4.8% | 354 / 4,946 | |
| 3×3 | 10.77 | 12.60 | top 9.8% | 713 / 6,785 | |
| 4×4 | 45.66 | 56.10 | top 19.2% | 438 / 2,112 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 21.01 | 24.59 | top 23.3% | 432 / 1,861 | |
| Square-1 | 18.73 | 30.28 | top 25.2% | 242 / 789 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.89 | 9.33 | top 27.0% | 1,079 / 3,704 | |
| Clock | 13.03 | 16.38 | top 39.8% | 539 / 1,255 | |
| 5×5 | 1:46.30 | 2:01.94 | top 40.2% | 510 / 1,167 | |
| Megaminx | 1:55.76 | 2:09.45 | top 43.7% | 509 / 998 | |
| Skewb | 10.75 | 14.75 | top 59.5% | 1,436 / 2,439 | |
| 7×7 | 6:27.52 | 6:36.17 | top 73.8% | 361 / 463 |
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
- 26 Jul 2025Three personal bests in one day at Wiltshire Summer 2025.
- 30 Nov 2024Four personal bests in one day at Wiltshire November 2024.
- 13 Jul 2024Four personal bests in one day at Bristol Summer 2024.
- 23 Mar 2024Three personal bests in one day at Wiltshire March 2024.
- 3 Feb 2024Three personal bests in one day at Wiltshire February 2024.
- 16 Dec 2023First competition: Wiltshire December 2023. A 11.35 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Wiltshire Summer 2025 · 26 Jul 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Bristol June 2025 · 28 Jun 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Wiltshire November 2024 · 30 Nov 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- Bristol Summer 2024 · 13 Jul 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- Wiltshire March 2024 · 23 Mar 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Wiltshire February 2024 · 3 Feb 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Wiltshire December 2023 · 16 Dec 2023 — 1 personal best 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 her.
- Rufus Cripps — met in 77 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
- Dorian Chan — met in 68 rounds, finished ahead 10 times
- Kai Vermeulen — met in 66 rounds, finished ahead 15 times
Next targets
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 9,039 people have one; it is 0.01 away.
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,606 people have one; it is 0.77 away.
Targets move as she improves.