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Magnus Watson

2×2 · top 0.081% of 186,767 all-time · competing since September 2023 · 2023WATS07

Magnus Watson has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 0.66, set at Birmingham Spring 2025, puts him in the top 0.081% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 6th in the United Kingdom. Until June 2015, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 21 competitions since September 2023, he has put 933 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 66% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 27.48 in September 2023 to 7.83, a 72% improvement. Magnus has entered 21 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 0.081% of 186,767 all-time
0.66
signature single · Birmingham Spring 2025
933
official solves on the record
14%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 66% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited Kingdom
2×20.661.69
top 0.081%6 / 4,895
3×37.8310.04
top 2.5%203 / 6,689
Clock6.259.06
top 8.1%108 / 1,232
4×441.3346.87
top 13.7%320 / 2,071
Megaminx1:19.441:23.93
top 21.4%250 / 966
Skewb5.627.03
top 22.9%523 / 2,421
Square-118.6527.73
top 24.9%235 / 778
Pyraminx6.759.75
top 25.8%1,018 / 3,656
3×3 one-handed22.8628.44
top 28.4%517 / 1,851
5×51:41.051:50.53
top 36.2%462 / 1,151
3×3 Fewest Moves45 moves—
early days — 1 solve259 / 372
6×64:41.964:58.67
top 77.7%455 / 548

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

Wiltshire Autumn 2023: 27.48Wiltshire December 2023: 16.84Bristol Winter 2024: 14.24Wiltshire March 2024: 12.04Bristol Summer 2024: 11.34Weston-super-Mare Autumn 2024: 9.83Wiltshire November 2024: 10.40Bristol Winter Open 2024: 10.36Hampshire Winter 2025: 9.70Birmingham Spring 2025: 8.92Weston-super-Mare Spring 2025: 9.30Bristol June 2025: 7.83Wiltshire Summer 2025: 9.06Rubik's UK Championship 2025: 9.61Bristol August 2025: 8.30Wiltshire Winter 2025: 8.45Wiltshire Spring 2026: 9.20Weston-super-Mare Spring 2026: 9.48Bristol August 2026: 8.56Kewbz UK Championship 2026: 10.227.8327.489 Sep 202328 Aug 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.

  • Rufus Cripps — met in 165 rounds, finished ahead 20 times
  • Dorian Chan — met in 146 rounds, finished ahead 39 times
  • Daniel Chiu — met in 143 rounds, finished ahead 11 times

Next targets

  • A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.83 away.
  • A sub-6 Clock single — 2,324 people have one; it is 0.25 away.

Targets move as he improves.