People · United Kingdom
James Ireland
2×2 · top 3.2% of 189,179 all-time · competing since June 2022 · 2022IREL01
James Ireland has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.72, set at Crewe Spring 2024, puts him in the top 3.2% of the 189,179 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 238th in the United Kingdom. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 18 competitions since June 2022, he has put 444 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 67% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 25.97 in June 2022 to 10.22, a 61% improvement. James has entered 18 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 | 1.72 | 3.33 | top 3.2% | 238 / 4,946 | |
| 3×3 | 10.22 | 14.15 | top 8.2% | 600 / 6,785 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.87 | 10.47 | top 26.8% | 1,067 / 3,704 | |
| Skewb | 6.82 | 9.29 | top 32.3% | 776 / 2,439 | |
| 4×4 | 1:33.38 | — | top 66.2% | 1,482 / 2,112 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 1:12.78 | — | early days — 2 solves | 1,712 / 1,861 | |
| Clock | 56.04 | — | early days — 1 solve | 1,247 / 1,255 |
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
- 18 May 2024Three personal bests in one day at Weston-super-Mare Spring 2024.
- 12 Aug 2023First sub-15 3×3: 12.79 at North Wales Summer 2023.
- 18 Mar 2023Three personal bests in one day at Bolton Spring 2023.
- 28 Oct 2022First sub-20 3×3: 15.40 at Kewbz UK Championship 2022.
- 25 Jun 2022First competition: Cheltenham Summer 2022. A 25.97 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Rubik's UK Championship 2025 · 22 Aug 2025
- Manchester February 2025 · 22 Feb 2025
- Crewe Winter 2025 · 15 Feb 2025
- Manchester January 2025 · 25 Jan 2025
- Crewe Favourites 2025 · 11 Jan 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Rubik's UK Championship 2024 · 1 Nov 2024
- Manchester August 2024 · 3 Aug 2024
- Weston-super-Mare Spring 2024 · 18 May 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Crewe Spring 2024 · 27 Apr 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Bolton Spring 2024 · 6 Apr 2024
- Manchester Winter 2024 · 20 Jan 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Rubik's UK Championship 2023 · 20 Oct 2023
- August Bank Holiday Manchester 2023 · 26 Aug 2023 — 1 personal best set
- North Wales Summer 2023 · 12 Aug 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Bolton Spring 2023 · 18 Mar 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Kewbz UK Championship 2022 · 28 Oct 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Droitwich Spa Autumn 2022 · 17 Sep 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Cheltenham Summer 2022 · 25 Jun 2022
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.
- Caleb Wolf Dunn — met in 79 rounds, finished ahead once
- Joel Keenan — met in 72 rounds, finished ahead 12 times
- Luke Burns — met in 72 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,050 people have one; it is 0.72 away.
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,606 people have one; it is 0.22 away.
Targets move as he improves.