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Ralphie King

2×2 · top 5.3% of 186,767 all-time · competing since October 2022 · 2022KING20

Ralphie King has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.08, set at Stevenage June 2023, puts him in the top 5.3% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 389th in the United Kingdom. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 8 competitions since October 2022, he has put 223 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 10% around a typical one, steadier than 95% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 27.51 in October 2022 to 10.81, a 61% improvement. Ralphie has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 5.3% of 186,767 all-time
2.08
signature single · Stevenage June 2023
223
official solves on the record
10%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 95% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited Kingdom
2×22.083.77
top 5.3%389 / 4,895
3×310.8114.60
top 9.9%708 / 6,689
Skewb4.807.52
top 16.7%398 / 2,421
Pyraminx6.758.09
top 25.8%1,018 / 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

Stevenage Autumn B 2022: 27.51Stevenage May 2023: 16.85Stevenage June 2023: 14.43Stevenage July 2023: 14.45Stevenage November 2023: 13.78Stevenage January 2024: 13.34Stevenage February 2024: 10.8110.8127.511 Oct 202210 Feb 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.

  • Adam Swaine — met in 42 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
  • Bo Forsell — met in 41 rounds, finished ahead once
  • Harry Allen — met in 40 rounds, finished ahead 12 times

Next targets

  • A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.08 away.
  • A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.81 away.

Targets move as he improves.