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Reese Ludwick
2×2 · top 2.5% of 189,179 all-time · competing since April 2017 · 2017LUDW01
Reese Ludwick has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.57, set at NovaCube 2018, puts him in the top 2.5% of the 189,179 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 993rd in the United States. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 8 competitions since April 2017, he has put 116 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 64% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 16.00 in April 2017 to 9.06, a 43% improvement. Reese has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 1.57 | 5.60 | top 2.5% | 993 / 41,674 | |
| 3×3 | 9.06 | 10.84 | top 5.0% | 2,857 / 60,666 | |
| 4×4 | 58.69 | 1:03.13 | top 35.2% | 5,724 / 19,354 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 25.88 | 32.93 | top 36.6% | 4,918 / 15,900 | |
| Square-1 | 44.35 | 56.38 | top 70.4% | 4,680 / 6,846 |
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
- 7 Apr 2018First sub-10 3×3: 9.66 at River Hill Spring 2018.
- 29 Apr 2017First sub-15 3×3: 13.97 at NovaCube 2017.
- 2 Apr 2017First competition: Slow N Steady Spring 2017. A 16.00 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- UMBC Fall 2025 · 18 Oct 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Slow N Steady UMD Fall 2025 · 27 Sep 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- More Cubing with the Cougars WV 2025 · 2 Aug 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- River Hill Spring 2018 · 7 Apr 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- NovaCube 2018 · 10 Mar 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- EZ Cubes Spring 2017 · 27 May 2017 — 1 personal best set
- NovaCube 2017 · 29 Apr 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Slow N Steady Spring 2017 · 2 Apr 2017
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.
- Daniel Greigg — met in 25 rounds, never finished ahead
- Brad Hoffman — met in 18 rounds, finished ahead 9 times
- Dean Lockett — met in 18 rounds, finished ahead 8 times
Next targets
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,050 people have one; it is 0.57 away.
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 1.06 away.
Targets move as he improves.