People · United Kingdom
Oscar Ings
2×2 · top 8.3% of 186,767 all-time · competing since February 2024 · 2024INGS01
Oscar Ings has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.44, set at Termonfeckin Fast 2025, puts him in the top 8.3% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 562nd in the United Kingdom. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 14 competitions since February 2024, he has put 417 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 81% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 2×2 best has come down from 15.76 in February 2024 to 2.44, an 85% improvement. Oscar has entered 14 competitions, more competitions than 95% 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 | 2.44 | 5.24 | top 8.3% | 562 / 4,895 | |
| Clock | 10.11 | 14.71 | top 25.6% | 347 / 1,232 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.94 | 9.70 | top 27.4% | 1,085 / 3,656 | |
| 3×3 | 16.07 | 21.38 | top 28.0% | 1,855 / 6,689 | |
| Skewb | 6.72 | 11.73 | top 31.4% | 746 / 2,421 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 35.21 | 47.57 | top 57.6% | 996 / 1,851 | |
| Megaminx | 3:18.20 | — | early days — 2 solves | 882 / 966 | |
| 4×4 | 2:10.40 | — | top 86.0% | 1,895 / 2,071 |
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, 2×2. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 15 Nov 2025Three personal bests in one day at Belfast Autumn 2025.
- 26 Apr 2025First sub-20 3×3: 16.07 at Don't Go Slow in Wicklow 2025.
- 26 Apr 2025Three personal bests in one day at Don't Go Slow in Wicklow 2025.
- 12 Oct 2024Five personal bests in one day at Meath for Speed 2024.
- 15 Jun 2024First sub-30 3×3: 23.91 at Belfast Summer 2024.
- 15 Jun 2024Three personal bests in one day at Belfast Summer 2024.
Competitions
- UCD Cube Days 2026 · 25 Apr 2026
- Dublin Pick 'N' Mix 2026 · 17 Jan 2026
- Belfast Autumn 2025 · 15 Nov 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Termonfeckin Fast 2025 · 11 Oct 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Rubik's Irish Championship 2025 · 15 Aug 2025
- Dublin Summer Solving 2025 · 21 Jun 2025 — 1 personal best set
- PBs in Phibblestown 2025 · 15 Jun 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Don't Go Slow in Wicklow 2025 · 26 Apr 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Dublin Winter Solving 2025 · 25 Jan 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Tír Chonaill Cubing 2024 · 16 Nov 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Meath for Speed 2024 · 12 Oct 2024 — 5 personal bests set
- Midlands Mix-up 2024 · 20 Jul 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Belfast Summer 2024 · 15 Jun 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Corduff Cubing Saturday 2024 · 17 Feb 2024
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.
- Ben Timmons — met in 93 rounds, finished ahead once
- Lucas Patrick Dowling — met in 86 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
- Eoin McCooey — met in 85 rounds, finished ahead 41 times
Next targets
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.44 away.
- A sub-10 Clock single — 8,040 people have one; it is 0.11 away.
Targets move as he improves.