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Zac Ainsley

2×2 · top 3.7% of 186,767 all-time · competing since November 2023 · 2023AINS01

Zac Ainsley has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.82, set at Stevenage November 2023, puts him in the top 3.7% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 267th in the United Kingdom. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 1 competition since November 2023, he has put 55 official solves on the record across six events.

2×2
best event — top 3.7% of 186,767 all-time
1.82
signature single · Stevenage November 2023
55
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited Kingdom
2×21.823.14
top 3.7%267 / 4,895
3×39.2812.09
top 5.5%409 / 6,689
3×3 one-handed18.9127.98
top 17.5%329 / 1,851
Skewb5.458.35
top 21.6%497 / 2,421
4×457.761:06.13
top 34.0%758 / 2,071
5×52:25.62
early days — 1 solve786 / 1,151

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 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 0.82 away.
  • A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.28 away.

Targets move as he improves.