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Ryan Ward

2×2 · top 13.9% of 186,767 all-time · competing since April 2023 · 2023WARD06

Ryan Ward has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.97, set at Brooklyn Waldorf Winter 2025, puts him in the top 13.9% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 5,459th in the United States. Across 5 competitions since April 2023, he has put 41 official solves on the record across three events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one, an early reading from 5 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 27.10 in April 2023 to 15.17, a 44% improvement. Ryan has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 13.9% of 186,767 all-time
2.97
signature single · Brooklyn Waldorf Winter 2025
41
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
2×22.975.06
top 13.9%5,459 / 40,951
3×315.1718.60
top 25.0%13,605 / 59,724
Clock42.42
early days — 2 solves8,470 / 8,927

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

PBs in Palisades 2023: 27.10Newark's On Track 2023: 16.12Hudson Valley 2023: 21.33NYU Spring 2025: 15.17Brooklyn Waldorf Winter 2025: 15.5215.1727.1015 Apr 20237 Dec 2025

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-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.97 away.
  • A sub-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 0.17 away.

Targets move as he improves.