People · United Kingdom
Ryan Jones
2×2 · top 2.8% of 186,767 all-time · competing since April 2023 · 2023JONE19
Ryan Jones has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.65, set at Stevenage Newcomers Sunday 2024, puts him in the top 2.8% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 209th in the United Kingdom. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 17 competitions since April 2023, he has put 673 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 55% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 2×2 best has come down from 3.83 in April 2023 to 1.65, a 57% improvement. Ryan has entered 17 competitions, more competitions than 96% 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 | 1.65 | 3.32 | top 2.8% | 209 / 4,895 | |
| Pyraminx | 2.83 | 3.75 | top 3.1% | 124 / 3,656 | |
| 3×3 | 8.94 | 11.23 | top 4.7% | 368 / 6,689 | |
| Skewb | 3.28 | 4.73 | top 6.5% | 147 / 2,421 | |
| Megaminx | 1:02.28 | 1:08.21 | top 11.2% | 140 / 966 | |
| 5×5 | 1:15.44 | 1:42.22 | top 15.7% | 206 / 1,151 | |
| 4×4 | 44.46 | 47.78 | top 17.6% | 403 / 2,071 | |
| Clock | 11.26 | 13.75 | top 31.4% | 414 / 1,232 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 28.85 | 34.39 | top 44.0% | 774 / 1,851 | |
| 6×6 | 3:59.39 | — | top 65.2% | 380 / 548 |
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, 2×2. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 14 Mar 2026Three personal bests in one day at Stevenage March 2026.
- 1 Mar 2025Four personal bests in one day at Stevenage March 2025.
- 28 Sep 2024First sub-10 3×3: 9.30 at Battersea Autumn 2024.
- 28 Sep 2024Three personal bests in one day at Battersea Autumn 2024.
- 3 Aug 2024Four personal bests in one day at Manchester August 2024.
- 13 Jan 2024First sub-15 3×3: 12.75 at Stevenage January 2024.
Competitions
- Stevenage March 2026 · 14 Mar 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Stevenage October 2025 · 11 Oct 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Stevenage July 2025 · 19 Jul 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Stevenage March 2025 · 1 Mar 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Rubik's UK Championship 2024 · 1 Nov 2024
- Battersea Autumn 2024 · 28 Sep 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Stevenage Beginners September B 2024 · 15 Sep 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Manchester August 2024 · 3 Aug 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- Stevenage May 2024 · 11 May 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Stevenage Newcomers Sunday 2024 · 10 Mar 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Stevenage January 2024 · 13 Jan 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- Rubik's UK Championship 2023 · 20 Oct 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Stevenage September 2023 · 16 Sep 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Harrow Autumn 2023 · 2 Sep 2023
- Stevenage July 2023 · 22 Jul 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Stevenage June 2023 · 24 Jun 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Reading Spring 2023 · 22 Apr 2023 — 1 personal best set
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.
- Harry Allen — met in 105 rounds, finished ahead 22 times
- Murad Asgarov — met in 104 rounds, finished ahead 24 times
- James Kyoichi Curry (ジェイムス 恭一) — met in 100 rounds, finished ahead 31 times
Next targets
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.65 away.
- A sub-2 Pyraminx single — 1,476 people have one; it is 0.83 away.
Targets move as he improves.