People · United Kingdom
Jack Ponting
2×2 · top 1.6% of 186,767 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 186,767 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 66% of the 35,811 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.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United Kingdom | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 1.36 | 3.38 | top 1.6% | 126 / 4,895 | |
| 3×3 | 9.21 | 10.85 | top 5.4% | 397 / 6,689 | |
| Skewb | 4.04 | 6.13 | top 11.2% | 253 / 2,421 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 18.37 | 22.28 | top 16.1% | 307 / 1,851 | |
| Megaminx | 1:17.64 | 1:23.15 | top 20.3% | 236 / 966 | |
| Clock | 9.12 | 10.93 | top 20.6% | 285 / 1,232 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.35 | 7.91 | top 22.6% | 886 / 3,656 | |
| 4×4 | 54.08 | 1:01.96 | top 29.6% | 658 / 2,071 | |
| 5×5 | 1:57.93 | 2:11.92 | top 48.0% | 590 / 1,151 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 3:45.71 | — | early days — 3 solves | 236 / 311 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 50 moves | — | early days — 1 solve | 312 / 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
Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 4 Jan 2025Three personal bests in one day at Weston-super-Mare Winter 2025.
- 23 Mar 2024Three personal bests in one day at Wiltshire March 2024.
- 18 Nov 2023Four personal bests in one day at Weston-super-Mare Autumn 2023.
- 26 Aug 2023First sub-10 3×3: 9.31 at August Bank Holiday Cheltenham 2023.
- 26 Aug 2023Three personal bests in one day at August Bank Holiday Cheltenham 2023.
- 8 Jul 2023Three personal bests in one day at Bristol Summer 2023.
Competitions
- Devon Winter 2026 · 7 Feb 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Weston-super-Mare Winter 2026 · 3 Jan 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Wiltshire Spring 2025 · 15 Mar 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Weston-super-Mare Winter 2025 · 4 Jan 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Wiltshire November 2024 · 30 Nov 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Rubik's UK Championship 2024 · 1 Nov 2024
- Wiltshire September 2024 · 21 Sep 2024
- Bristol Summer 2024 · 13 Jul 2024
- Wiltshire March 2024 · 23 Mar 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Bristol Winter 2024 · 20 Jan 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Weston-super-Mare Autumn 2023 · 18 Nov 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- August Bank Holiday Cheltenham 2023 · 26 Aug 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Bristol Summer 2023 · 8 Jul 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Exeter Summer 2023 · 3 Jun 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Wiltshire Spring 2023 · 25 Mar 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- Weston-super-Mare Autumn 2022 · 19 Nov 2022 — 3 personal bests set
- August Bank Holiday Cheltenham 2022 · 27 Aug 2022 — 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.
- Rufus Cripps — met in 138 rounds, finished ahead 22 times
- Oliver Richards — met in 134 rounds, finished ahead 30 times
- Oliver Wheat — met in 115 rounds, finished ahead 29 times
Next targets
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.36 away.
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.21 away.
Targets move as he improves.