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Ruben McEwan

Skewb · top 0.99% of 73,281 all-time · competing since May 2022 · 2022MCEW01

Ruben McEwan has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the Skewb: a personal-best single of 1.84, set at Glasgow Favourites Evening III 2025, puts him in the top 0.99% of the 73,281 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 23rd in the United Kingdom. Until December 2014, no official Skewb solve in the world had been that fast. Across 34 competitions since May 2022, he has put 1,537 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one; 90% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 11.73 in May 2022 to 8.30, a 29% improvement. Ruben has entered 34 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

Skewb
best event — top 0.99% of 73,281 all-time
1.84
signature single · Glasgow Favourites Evening III 2025
1,537
official solves on the record
16%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 90% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited Kingdom
Skewb1.843.62
top 0.99%23 / 2,421
2×21.503.69
top 2.2%169 / 4,895
3×38.3010.84
top 3.3%272 / 6,689
Pyraminx3.655.52
top 6.1%227 / 3,656
4×443.7252.33
top 16.7%384 / 2,071
3×3 one-handed19.5125.29
top 19.2%363 / 1,851
Megaminx1:25.531:43.51
top 25.3%292 / 966
5×51:33.861:44.24
top 30.6%396 / 1,151
3×3 blindfolded1:58.35—
top 32.9%138 / 311
6×63:28.233:45.55
top 54.0%327 / 548
Square-141.36—
top 67.1%546 / 778
7×77:05.47—
early days — 2 solves397 / 459

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

Glasgow Open 2022: 11.73Carlisle Summer 2022: 11.15Belfast Winter 2023: 10.67Glasgow Winter 2023: 9.71Edinburgh Spring 2023: 8.53Turnin' in Termonfeckin Saturday 2023: 9.89Glasgow Spring 2023: 8.68Edinburgh Summer 2023: 8.30North Highlands Summer 2023: 10.12North Wales Summer 2023: 9.79Harrow Autumn 2023: 9.40Glasgow Autumn 2023: 9.49Meath Autumn 2023: 16.60Belgian Nationals 2023: 14.11Aberdeen Autumn 2023: 14.07Dutch Nationals 2023: 17.58Edinburgh Winter 2024: 14.28Glasgow Spring 2024: 13.46Brugge Beginners Open 2024: 11.26Newcastle Tyneside Spring 2024: 11.43Belfast Summer 2024: 13.94Edinburgh Summer Open 2024: 13.47Kewbz UK Open 2024: 12.65Edinburgh Winter 2025: 11.65Glasgow Favourites Evening III 2025: 11.80Kewbz Scottish Championship 2025: 12.54Glasgow Favourites Evening IV 2025: 14.10Belfast Autumn 2025: 13.57Glasgow Favourites Evening V 2026: 12.83Glasgow Favourites Evening VI 2026: 13.94Farewell Strathclyde University 2026: 12.798.3017.5828 May 202227 Jun 2026

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-1 Skewb single — 35 people have one; it is 0.84 away.
  • A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.50 away.

Targets move as he improves.