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Ryan McIlree

2×2 · top 0.75% of 186,767 all-time · competing since May 2023 · 2023MCIL02

Ryan McIlree has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.09, set at Edinburgh Winter 2026, puts him in the top 0.75% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 59th in the United Kingdom. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 18 competitions since May 2023, he has put 547 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 63% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 2×2 best has come down from 2.05 in May 2023 to 1.09, a 47% improvement. Ryan has entered 18 competitions, more competitions than 96% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 0.75% of 186,767 all-time
1.09
signature single · Edinburgh Winter 2026
547
official solves on the record
14%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 63% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited Kingdom
2×21.092.03
top 0.75%59 / 4,895
Pyraminx2.204.57
top 1.5%61 / 3,656
3×39.0811.92
top 5.1%382 / 6,689
Skewb3.334.55
top 6.7%151 / 2,421
Clock7.418.58
top 12.6%178 / 1,232
3×3 blindfolded2:11.33—
top 37.1%155 / 311
3×3 one-handed28.4042.06
top 42.9%754 / 1,851
Megaminx2:14.89—
early days — 2 solves613 / 966
4×41:26.751:45.98
top 61.2%1,331 / 2,071
3×3 Fewest Moves52 moves—
early days — 1 solve322 / 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

Glasgow Spring 2023: 2.05Glasgow Autumn 2023: 1.93Edinburgh Winter 2024: 3.07Glasgow Spring 2024: 2.75Glasgow Favourites Evening III 2025: 1.79Kewbz Scottish Championship 2025: 1.69Newcastle upon Tyne Summer 2025: 1.78Glasgow NxN Day 2025: 1.89Edinburgh Autumn 2025: 1.63Glasgow Favourites Evening IV 2025: 2.52Edinburgh Winter 2026: 1.09Falkirk Beginners 2026: 2.17Glasgow Favourites Evening V 2026: 1.83Glasgow Favourites Evening VI 2026: 1.97Darlington Spring 2026: 1.75Farewell Strathclyde University 2026: 1.951.093.0726 May 202327 Jun 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 — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.09 away.
  • A sub-2 Pyraminx single — 1,476 people have one; it is 0.20 away.

Targets move as he improves.