People · United Kingdom
Preston Mee
2×2 · top 3.1% of 189,179 all-time · competing since August 2023 · 2023MEEP01
Preston Mee has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.70, set at Stevenage January 2024, puts him in the top 3.1% of the 189,179 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 233rd in the United Kingdom. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 14 competitions since August 2023, he has put 521 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 79% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 19.10 in August 2023 to 10.80, a 43% improvement. Preston 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 | 1.70 | 4.12 | top 3.1% | 233 / 4,946 | |
| 3×3 | 10.80 | 14.61 | top 9.9% | 715 / 6,785 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.60 | 6.50 | top 10.8% | 434 / 3,704 | |
| Skewb | 5.38 | 8.81 | top 21.1% | 492 / 2,439 | |
| 4×4 | 50.59 | 1:03.61 | top 25.6% | 581 / 2,112 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 25.66 | 37.39 | top 36.1% | 643 / 1,861 | |
| Megaminx | 1:44.73 | 1:52.57 | top 37.5% | 430 / 998 | |
| Clock | 13.38 | 15.44 | top 41.2% | 561 / 1,255 | |
| 5×5 | 2:08.84 | 2:12.16 | top 54.9% | 688 / 1,167 | |
| Square-1 | 37.65 | — | top 62.3% | 521 / 789 |
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
- 29 Nov 2025Four personal bests in one day at Leicestershire Autumn 2025.
- 20 Apr 2024Five personal bests in one day at Stevenage April 2024.
- 13 Jan 2024Three personal bests in one day at Stevenage January 2024.
- 25 Nov 2023First sub-15 3×3: 14.91 at Stevenage November 2023.
- 25 Nov 2023Five personal bests in one day at Stevenage November 2023.
- 26 Aug 2023Four personal bests in one day at August Bank Holiday Cheltenham 2023.
Competitions
- Leicestershire Autumn 2025 · 29 Nov 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Stevenage September 2025 · 6 Sep 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Rubik's UK Championship 2024 · 1 Nov 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Kewbz UK Open 2024 · 31 Aug 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Lincolnshire Summer 2024 · 3 Aug 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Stevenage July 2024 · 6 Jul 2024
- Stevenage May 2024 · 11 May 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Stevenage April 2024 · 20 Apr 2024 — 5 personal bests set
- Stevenage Newcomers Saturday 2024 · 9 Mar 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Stevenage February 2024 · 10 Feb 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Stevenage January 2024 · 13 Jan 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Stevenage November 2023 · 25 Nov 2023 — 5 personal bests set
- August Bank Holiday Cheltenham 2023 · 26 Aug 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- Lincolnshire Summer 2023 · 12 Aug 2023 — 1 personal best set
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.
- Paige Lovell — met in 103 rounds, finished ahead 15 times
- James Kyoichi Curry (ジェイムス 恭一) — met in 96 rounds, finished ahead 9 times
- Matt Stephenson — met in 93 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
Next targets
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,050 people have one; it is 0.70 away.
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,606 people have one; it is 0.80 away.
Targets move as he improves.