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Zayan Ambalia
2×2 · top 9.7% of 189,179 all-time · competing since April 2024 · 2024AMBA03
Zayan Ambalia has been competing for 2 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.57, set at Crewe October 2026, puts him in the top 9.7% of the 189,179 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 639th in the United Kingdom. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 7 competitions since April 2024, he has put 151 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, an early reading from 9 counted rounds. That figure sets aside his 3 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 47.83 in April 2024 to 16.10, a 66% improvement. Zayan has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% 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 | 2.57 | 4.37 | top 9.7% | 639 / 4,946 | |
| Skewb | 5.01 | 9.72 | top 18.3% | 434 / 2,439 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.89 | 7.28 | top 19.2% | 747 / 3,704 | |
| 3×3 | 16.10 | 18.78 | top 28.2% | 1,888 / 6,785 | |
| Clock | 15.80 | 19.94 | top 51.1% | 684 / 1,255 |
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, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 10 Oct 2026Four personal bests in one day at Crewe October 2026.
- 28 Aug 2026First sub-20 3×3: 18.44 at Kewbz UK Championship 2026.
- 28 Aug 2026Three personal bests in one day at Kewbz UK Championship 2026.
- 17 Aug 2024First sub-30 3×3: 23.81 at Birmingham Summer 2024.
- 27 Apr 2024First competition: Crewe Spring 2024. A 47.83 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Crewe October 2026 · 10 Oct 2026 — 4 personal bests set
- Kewbz UK Championship 2026 · 28 Aug 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Crewe Spring 2026 · 21 Mar 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Rubik's UK Championship 2025 · 22 Aug 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Crewe Winter 2025 · 15 Feb 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Birmingham Summer 2024 · 17 Aug 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Crewe Spring 2024 · 27 Apr 2024
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.
- Maxwell Davies — met in 32 rounds, finished ahead once
- Caleb Wolf Dunn — met in 32 rounds, never finished ahead
- Benjamin Espinosa — met in 32 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 9,039 people have one; it is 0.57 away.
- A sub-5 Skewb single — 13,481 people have one; it is 0.01 away.
Targets move as he improves.