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Ashley Foster

2×2 · top 0.042% of 186,767 all-time · competing since September 2018 · 2018FOST03

Ashley Foster has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 0.60, set at Twisty Taranaki 2022, puts him in the top 0.042% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 4th in New Zealand. Until June 2015, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 61 competitions since September 2018, he has put 3,592 official solves on the record across 15 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 65% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 31.21 in September 2018 to 7.38, a 76% improvement. Ashley has entered 61 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 0.042% of 186,767 all-time
0.60
signature single · Twisty Taranaki 2022
3,592
official solves on the record
14%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 65% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingNew Zealand
2×20.601.97
top 0.042%4 / 1,615
Pyraminx1.522.27
top 0.44%18 / 1,141
Square-16.378.47
top 1.0%4 / 251
3×37.389.55
top 1.8%56 / 2,095
Skewb2.184.16
top 1.9%23 / 666
3×3 one-handed11.1415.40
top 2.0%22 / 600
4×429.2737.01
top 2.4%30 / 722
Megaminx55.951:04.68
top 7.9%33 / 283
Clock6.588.65
top 9.4%42 / 303
5×51:07.631:16.05
top 10.0%39 / 355
3×3 Fewest Moves32 moves37.00
top 20.4%37 / 111
6×62:22.582:28.87
top 21.8%43 / 149
3×3 blindfolded2:02.173:22.31
top 34.1%48 / 86
7×74:13.384:21.72
top 35.5%57 / 126
3×3 Multi-Blind2 of 2 cubes · 13:48—
early days — 2 solves34 / 49

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

Auckland Spring 2018: 31.21New Zealand Nationals 2018: 21.50NxNZ 2019: 15.17WCA World Championship 2019: 16.89New Zealand Nationals 2019: 11.82Auckland Summer Open 2020: 12.54A New Year in Auckland 2021: 11.04NZ South Island Championship 2021: 10.64Nimble Napier 2021: 9.85NZ North Island Championship 2021: 9.32Popping Off Pukekohe A 2022: 10.19Palmerston North 2022: 10.44Twisty Taranaki 2022: 10.36Three Rounds Whangarei 2022: 10.51New Zealand Nationals 2022: 9.83Rubik's WCA Oceanic Championship 2022: 10.12A New Year in Hamilton 2023: 10.14Auckland Autumn 2023: 11.18Cashmere Open 2023: 8.40Victorian Open 2023: 9.54Tauranga Open 2023: 8.93NZ North Island Championship 2023: 8.69New Zealand Nationals 2023: 10.10A New Year in Auckland 2024: 8.10Te Atatū Newcomers Open 2024: 9.26Beachside Auckland 2024: 10.11NZ South Island Championship 2024: 8.17Auckland Matariki Open 2024: 10.01Clauckland 2024: 8.54NZ North Island Championship 2024: 8.07South Auckland Side Events 2024: 9.36New Zealand Cubing Decathlon 2024: 8.76Springing into Auckland 2024: 7.96Max Speed Milford 2024: 10.38New Zealand Nationals 2024: 8.12A New Year in Auckland 2025: 8.60Twisting in Titirangi 2025: 10.22Queenspark O'Clock 2025: 8.90Auckland Autumn 2025: 7.38Puzzling Papatoetoe 2025: 8.58Milford Winter Warm Up 2025: 8.93Warm Up Seattle 2025: 7.71Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025: 9.562x2 in Tāmaki Makaurau 2025: 9.13Beachside Auckland 2025: 7.81New Zealand Cubing Decathlon 2025: 7.84Drury Summer 2025: 8.34New Zealand Nationals 2025: 9.27A New Year in Auckland 2026: 9.04NZ North Island Championship 2026: 8.94Katano Spring 2026: 8.98Cubing East Auckland Newcomer Open 2026: 8.01Welcome Back Hamilton 2026: 8.61GAN New Zealand Nationals 2026: 8.67Kanto Summer 2026: 9.037.3831.211 Sep 201829 Aug 2026

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-1 Pyraminx single — 49 people have one; it is 0.52 away.
  • A sub-6 Square-1 single — 201 people have one; it is 0.37 away.

Targets move as he improves.