People · United Kingdom
Stephen Swaine
2×2 · top 30.5% of 186,767 all-time · competing since July 2022 · 2022SWAI01
Stephen Swaine has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 4.31, set at Norwich Summer 2023, puts him in the top 30.5% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,626th in the United Kingdom. Across 12 competitions since July 2022, he has put 160 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 68% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. That figure sets aside his 6 DNFs. His 2×2 best has come down from 12.48 in July 2022 to 4.31, a 65% improvement. Stephen has entered twelve competitions, more competitions than 94% 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 | 4.31 | 6.89 | top 30.5% | 1,626 / 4,895 | |
| 3×3 | 19.17 | 25.24 | top 37.6% | 2,553 / 6,689 | |
| 4×4 | 1:39.10 | — | top 70.0% | 1,556 / 2,071 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 48.37 | — | top 75.2% | 1,364 / 1,851 | |
| Clock | 27.82 | — | top 81.5% | 1,018 / 1,232 |
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
- 19 Aug 2023First sub-20 3×3: 19.42 at Norwich Summer 2023.
- 19 Aug 2023Four personal bests in one day at Norwich Summer 2023.
- 3 Dec 2022Three personal bests in one day at Essex Winter 2022.
- 27 Aug 2022First sub-30 3×3: 28.20 at August Bank Holiday Cheltenham 2022.
- 9 Jul 2022First competition: Stevenage Summer 2022. A 33.11 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Stevenage April 2025 · 19 Apr 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Kewbz UK Open 2024 · 31 Aug 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Norwich Summer 2023 · 19 Aug 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- Stevenage July 2023 · 22 Jul 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Stevenage June 2023 · 24 Jun 2023
- Essex Spring 2023 · 8 Apr 2023
- Essex Winter 2022 · 3 Dec 2022 — 3 personal bests set
- Kewbz UK Championship 2022 · 28 Oct 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Stevenage Autumn B 2022 · 1 Oct 2022 — 1 personal best set
- August Bank Holiday Cheltenham 2022 · 27 Aug 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Norwich Summer 2022 · 30 Jul 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Stevenage Summer 2022 · 9 Jul 2022
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.
- Jude Swaine — met in 43 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Adam Swaine — met in 39 rounds, never finished ahead
- Ethan Swaine — met in 38 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-4 2×2 single — 49,452 people have one; it is 0.31 away.
- A sub-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 4.17 away.
Targets move as he improves.