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Edward Rust

2×2 · top 0.094% of 186,767 all-time · competing since August 2018 · 2018RUST05

Edward Rust has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 0.67, set at NSW State Championship 2025, puts him in the top 0.094% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 21st in Australia. Until June 2015, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 35 competitions since August 2018, he has put 1,490 official solves on the record across 16 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 81% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 20.81 in August 2018 to 6.57, a 68% improvement. Edward has entered 35 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 0.094% of 186,767 all-time
0.67
signature single · NSW State Championship 2025
1,490
official solves on the record
11%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 81% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingAustralia
2×20.672.43
top 0.094%21 / 8,567
Megaminx28.9533.39
top 0.15%3 / 1,277
3×36.578.20
top 0.91%101 / 11,709
Pyraminx1.983.30
top 1.1%62 / 5,993
4×429.3631.27
top 2.5%62 / 3,051
3×3 one-handed12.4714.82
top 3.6%81 / 2,659
Skewb2.944.33
top 4.7%149 / 3,534
5×559.031:08.17
top 5.0%65 / 1,356
Clock6.267.24
top 8.2%104 / 1,095
6×61:54.782:02.87
top 9.0%53 / 641
7×73:01.843:13.08
top 11.1%53 / 523
Square-113.4115.65
top 12.7%130 / 899
3×3 blindfolded1:08.391:37.65
top 15.6%77 / 394
3×3 Fewest Moves36 moves36.33
top 33.6%156 / 468
3×3 Multi-Blind5 of 6 cubes · 41:45—
early days — 3 solves83 / 180
4×4 blindfolded10:02.00—
early days — 2 solves59 / 96

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

Warm Up Sydney 2018: 20.81Australian Nationals 2018: 15.75Cool Down Sydney 2019: 13.70Harold Park Classic 2019: 11.30Sydney Open 2019: 9.18Enjoyable Sydney Gathering 2020: 9.90Sydney Re-Open Sunday 2021: 8.16Marrickville Autumn Sunday 2021: 8.14North Sydney Cube Day 2023: 7.27Marrickville Mega May Open 2023: 7.92Warm Up Sydney Sunday 2023: 7.94Cubing at Tramsheds Saturday 2023: 7.68Simple Sydney Sunday 2023: 7.76Sydney Summer 2023: 8.52Tramsheds I: Newcomer Sunday 2024: 7.30Kogarah Cube Day Saturday 2024: 8.13Capital Cubing in Canberra Sunday 2024: 7.24Tramsheds II: May Saturday 2024: 7.39Australian Nationals 2024: 8.09Tramsheds III: August Saturday 2024: 8.18Canberra Spring 2024: 7.23Cubing at The Cube 2025: 7.90Tramsheds IV: Summer Saturday 2025: 8.05NSW State Championship 2025: 6.57Cubing at The Cube 2026: 7.28Puzzling Parramatta 2026: 7.37Tramsheds X: Winter Saturday 2026: 8.446.5720.8119 Aug 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-25 Megaminx single — 8 people have one; it is 3.95 away.
  • A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 0.57 away.

Targets move as he improves.