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Jonathan Ayre

3×3 · top 2.2% of 284,439 all-time · competing since June 2018 · 2018AYRE01

Jonathan Ayre has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.68, set at Stevenage July 2023, puts him in the top 2.2% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 177th in the United Kingdom. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 9 competitions since June 2018, he has put 600 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 68% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 12.12 in June 2018 to 7.68, a 37% improvement. Jonathan has entered nine competitions, more competitions than 91% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 2.2% of 284,439 all-time
7.68
signature single · Stevenage July 2023
600
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 68% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited Kingdom
3×37.689.88
top 2.2%177 / 6,689
4×432.2140.59
top 4.3%109 / 2,071
Pyraminx3.808.36
top 6.7%263 / 3,656
Skewb3.335.12
top 6.7%151 / 2,421
2×22.614.08
top 10.0%653 / 4,895
5×51:07.911:13.22
top 10.2%134 / 1,151
Square-112.7915.41
top 11.4%117 / 778
3×3 one-handed16.9719.24
top 12.5%243 / 1,851
Megaminx1:09.681:21.39
top 15.4%193 / 966
6×62:17.962:28.66
top 19.5%117 / 548
7×73:33.933:58.02
early days — 3 solves102 / 459

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

Peterborough Open 2018: 12.12Manchester Open 2019: 10.07High Wycombe Open 2019: 9.24UK Championship 2019: 9.21Doncaster Open 2020: 10.49Kewbz UK Championship 2022: 9.65Lincolnshire Winter 2023: 8.58Stevenage July 2023: 7.68Birmingham Summer 2024: 8.637.6812.1230 Jun 201817 Aug 2024

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-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.68 away.
  • A sub-30 4×4 single — 2,388 people have one; it is 2.21 away.

Targets move as he improves.