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Jack Ponting

2×2 · top 1.6% of 189,179 all-time · competing since August 2022 · 2022PONT04

Jack Ponting has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.36, set at Wiltshire March 2024, puts him in the top 1.6% of the 189,179 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 126th in the United Kingdom. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 17 competitions since August 2022, he has put 764 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 67% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 11.41 in August 2022 to 9.21, a 19% improvement. Jack has entered 17 competitions, more competitions than 96% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 1.6% of 189,179 all-time
1.36
signature single · Wiltshire March 2024
764
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 67% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited Kingdom
2×21.363.38
top 1.6%126 / 4,946
3×39.2110.85
top 5.4%405 / 6,785
Skewb4.046.13
top 11.2%258 / 2,439
3×3 one-handed18.3722.28
top 16.2%310 / 1,861
Megaminx1:17.641:23.15
top 20.3%242 / 998
Clock9.1210.93
top 20.5%285 / 1,255
Pyraminx6.357.91
top 22.7%892 / 3,704
4×454.081:01.96
top 29.7%677 / 2,112
5×51:57.932:11.92
top 48.1%604 / 1,167
3×3 blindfolded3:45.71—
early days — 3 solves238 / 315
3×3 Fewest Moves50 moves—
early days — 1 solve312 / 372

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

August Bank Holiday Cheltenham 2022: 11.41Weston-super-Mare Autumn 2022: 12.35Wiltshire Spring 2023: 12.54Exeter Summer 2023: 13.44Bristol Summer 2023: 11.08August Bank Holiday Cheltenham 2023: 9.31Weston-super-Mare Autumn 2023: 9.91Bristol Winter 2024: 9.48Wiltshire March 2024: 9.74Bristol Summer 2024: 10.41Wiltshire September 2024: 9.81Rubik's UK Championship 2024: 10.26Wiltshire November 2024: 9.84Weston-super-Mare Winter 2025: 9.21Wiltshire Spring 2025: 9.48Weston-super-Mare Winter 2026: 10.09Devon Winter 2026: 9.729.2113.4427 Aug 20227 Feb 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-1 2×2 single — 1,050 people have one; it is 0.36 away.
  • A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 1.21 away.

Targets move as he improves.