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Reuben Zane

2×2 · top 0.96% of 189,179 all-time · competing since November 2023 · 2023ZANE01

Reuben Zane has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.17, set at Stevenage October 2025, puts him in the top 0.96% of the 189,179 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 80th in the United Kingdom. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 23 competitions since November 2023, he has put 783 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 58% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 2×2 best has come down from 7.23 in November 2023 to 1.17, an 84% improvement. Reuben has entered 23 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 0.96% of 189,179 all-time
1.17
signature single · Stevenage October 2025
783
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 58% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited Kingdom
2×21.172.05
top 0.96%80 / 4,946
3×3 Fewest Moves20 moves29.67
top 1.0%8 / 372
3×39.2511.67
top 5.5%412 / 6,785
Skewb3.785.94
top 9.5%216 / 2,439
Clock6.848.01
top 10.3%133 / 1,255
Pyraminx4.718.89
top 11.5%456 / 3,704
4×445.2751.52
top 18.7%433 / 2,112
5×51:28.081:35.65
top 25.9%343 / 1,167
Megaminx1:33.081:45.85
top 30.2%355 / 998
3×3 one-handed23.7330.48
top 30.8%561 / 1,861
6×63:07.723:16.29
top 44.6%280 / 560
Square-133.8438.52
top 56.6%487 / 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

Stevenage November 2023: 7.23Stevenage February 2024: 4.58Stevenage June 2024: 2.83Stevenage August 2024: 2.35Kewbz UK Open 2024: 2.28Stevenage December 2024: 2.11Stevenage January 2025: 2.43Stevenage March 2025: 2.29Stevenage April 2025: 2.09Stevenage June 2025: 2.00Stevenage July 2025: 1.62Stevenage October 2025: 1.17Stevenage 10th Anniversary 2025: 2.16Stevenage January 2026: 1.80Stevenage March 2026: 1.94Stevenage May 2026: 1.24Stevenage July 2026: 1.72Rubik's WCA European Championship 2026: 2.31Stevenage September 2026: 1.531.177.2325 Nov 202312 Sep 2026

Best single per competition, 2×2. 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-1 2×2 single — 1,050 people have one; it is 0.17 away.
  • A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 1.25 away.

Targets move as he improves.