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Lydia Ball

2×2 · top 49.4% of 186,767 all-time · competing since June 2024 · 2024BALL07

Lydia Ball has been competing for 2 years. Her best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 5.86, set at Manchester June 2025, puts her in the top 49.4% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,571st in the United Kingdom. Across 3 competitions since June 2024, she has put 30 official solves on the record across three events. Her 3×3 best has come down from 31.27 in June 2024 to 24.55, a 21% improvement. Lydia has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 49.4% of 186,767 all-time
5.86
signature single · Manchester June 2025
30
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited Kingdom
2×25.869.47
top 49.4%2,571 / 4,895
3×324.5527.41
top 51.6%3,605 / 6,689
Pyraminx18.1721.40
top 90.1%3,450 / 3,656

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

Manchester June 2024: 31.27Manchester August 2024: 31.99Manchester June 2025: 24.5524.5531.9923 Jun 202415 Jun 2025

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 her.

  • Harrison Dean — met in 6 rounds, finished ahead twice
  • Vi Dinh — met in 6 rounds, never finished ahead
  • Daniel Wan — met in 6 rounds, never finished ahead

Next targets

  • A sub-5 2×2 single — 73,413 people have one; it is 0.86 away.
  • A sub-20 3×3 single — 113,584 people have one; it is 4.55 away.

Targets move as she improves.