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Reuben Clow-Jones

Pyraminx · top 3.4% of 129,321 all-time · competing since September 2018 · 2018CLOW01

Reuben Clow-Jones has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 2.93, set at Leicestershire Autumn 2024, puts him in the top 3.4% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 142nd in the United Kingdom. Until February 2008, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 16 competitions since September 2018, he has put 495 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 72% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 36.44 in September 2018 to 12.94, a 64% improvement. Reuben has entered 16 competitions, more competitions than 96% of everyone who has ever competed.

Pyraminx
best event — top 3.4% of 129,321 all-time
2.93
signature single · Leicestershire Autumn 2024
495
official solves on the record
14%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 72% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited Kingdom
Pyraminx2.935.16
top 3.4%142 / 3,656
2×22.073.20
top 5.2%384 / 4,895
Skewb3.826.15
top 9.7%222 / 2,421
3×312.9415.00
top 17.2%1,164 / 6,689
Square-115.4320.42
top 17.4%171 / 778
3×3 one-handed24.0829.95
top 31.7%578 / 1,851
Clock12.5216.72
top 37.5%505 / 1,232
4×41:06.791:19.41
top 43.8%949 / 2,071
3×3 Fewest Moves73 moves
early days — 1 solve373 / 372

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

Stratford-upon-Avon Open 2018: 36.44UK Championship 2018: 32.87Chester Open 2019: 33.21British Summer Open 2019: 41.81Reading Spring 2023: 20.57Stevenage July 2023: 20.81Stevenage November 2023: 15.05Stevenage Newcomers Sunday 2024: 16.76Stevenage April 2024: 15.67Stevenage June 2024: 14.79Chichester Summer 2024: 14.75Stevenage Beginners September B 2024: 13.81Leicestershire Autumn 2024: 14.94Rubik's UK Championship 2024: 14.06Corby Autumn 2025: 12.9412.9441.8122 Sep 201820 Sep 2025

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.

Next targets

  • A sub-2 Pyraminx single — 1,476 people have one; it is 0.93 away.
  • A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.07 away.

Targets move as he improves.