People · United Kingdom
Robert Reed
2×2 · top 4.2% of 189,179 all-time · competing since October 2018 · 2018REED06
Robert Reed has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.90, set at Essex Winter 2022, puts him in the top 4.2% of the 189,179 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 300th in the United Kingdom. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 22 competitions since October 2018, he has put 1,043 official solves on the record across 14 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 57% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 27.17 in October 2018 to 9.39, a 65% improvement. Robert has entered 22 competitions, more competitions than 97% 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 | 1.90 | 3.16 | top 4.2% | 300 / 4,946 | |
| Square-1 | 9.03 | 16.17 | top 4.5% | 44 / 789 | |
| 3×3 | 9.39 | 11.18 | top 5.9% | 439 / 6,785 | |
| Pyraminx | 3.89 | 6.74 | top 7.1% | 285 / 3,704 | |
| Skewb | 3.42 | 5.02 | top 7.3% | 160 / 2,439 | |
| 4×4 | 41.20 | 45.31 | top 13.6% | 323 / 2,112 | |
| 5×5 | 1:13.97 | 1:29.60 | top 14.6% | 198 / 1,167 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 30 moves | — | top 14.8% | 67 / 372 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 18.27 | 25.07 | top 15.9% | 298 / 1,861 | |
| Clock | 10.15 | 12.86 | top 25.7% | 350 / 1,255 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 2:35.92 | — | top 45.3% | 183 / 315 | |
| 6×6 | 3:46.55 | — | top 61.2% | 372 / 560 | |
| Megaminx | 2:36.22 | — | top 64.3% | 758 / 998 | |
| 7×7 | 6:00.49 | — | early days — 3 solves | 333 / 463 |
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
- 3 Jun 2023Seven personal bests in one day at Peterborough Summer 2023.
- 25 Feb 2023First sub-10 3×3: 9.56 at Lincolnshire Winter 2023.
- 3 Dec 2022Five personal bests in one day at Essex Winter 2022.
- 1 Oct 2022Eight personal bests in one day at Stevenage Autumn B 2022.
- 30 Apr 2022Seven personal bests in one day at Stevenage Spring 2022.
- 8 Feb 2020Four personal bests in one day at Fontwell Open 2020.
Competitions
- Kewbz UK Championship 2026 · 28 Aug 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Sheffield Spring 2026 · 23 May 2026
- Rubik's UK Championship 2023 · 20 Oct 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Stevenage September 2023 · 16 Sep 2023
- Appleby Summer A 2023 · 12 Aug 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Stevenage July 2023 · 22 Jul 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Stevenage June 2023 · 24 Jun 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Peterborough Summer 2023 · 3 Jun 2023 — 7 personal bests set
- Stevenage May 2023 · 20 May 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Lincolnshire Winter 2023 · 25 Feb 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Essex Winter 2022 · 3 Dec 2022 — 5 personal bests set
- Kewbz UK Championship 2022 · 28 Oct 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Kewbz UK Championship FMC 2022 · 22 Oct 2022
- Stevenage Autumn B 2022 · 1 Oct 2022 — 8 personal bests set
- Norwich Summer 2022 · 30 Jul 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Glasgow Open 2022 · 28 May 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Stevenage Spring 2022 · 30 Apr 2022 — 7 personal bests set
- Fontwell Open 2020 · 8 Feb 2020 — 4 personal bests set
- August Bank Holiday Celebration 2019 · 24 Aug 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Leeds Open 2019 · 27 Jul 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- FMC Europe 2019 · 23 Mar 2019
- UK Championship 2018 · 26 Oct 2018
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.
- Ben Stokes — met in 214 rounds, finished ahead 7 times
- Cham J. Chambers — met in 167 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Oscar Coleman Green — met in 156 rounds, finished ahead 113 times
Next targets
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,050 people have one; it is 0.90 away.
- A sub-8 Square-1 single — 781 people have one; it is 1.03 away.
Targets move as he improves.