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Edward Rust

2×2 · top 0.094% of 189,179 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 189,179 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 36 competitions since August 2018, he has put 1,556 official solves on the record across 16 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 80% of the 36,406 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 36 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 0.094% of 189,179 all-time
0.67
signature single · NSW State Championship 2025
1,556
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 80% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingAustralia
2×20.672.43
top 0.094%21 / 8,727
Megaminx28.9532.39
top 0.14%3 / 1,313
3×36.578.20
top 0.92%103 / 11,943
Pyraminx1.983.30
top 1.1%62 / 6,109
4×429.3631.27
top 2.5%67 / 3,108
3×3 one-handed12.4714.82
top 3.7%84 / 2,685
Skewb2.944.33
top 4.7%150 / 3,589
5×559.031:05.75
top 5.1%66 / 1,412
Clock6.267.24
top 8.1%105 / 1,159
Square-111.3415.36
top 8.6%89 / 920
6×61:54.782:02.87
top 9.1%53 / 667
7×73:01.843:13.08
top 11.1%54 / 540
3×3 blindfolded1:08.391:37.65
top 15.7%77 / 399
3×3 Fewest Moves36 moves36.33
top 33.6%157 / 474
3×3 Multi-Blind5 of 5 cubes · 31:48—
top 36.5%67 / 186
4×4 blindfolded10:02.00—
early days — 2 solves60 / 98

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: 8.44Sydney Cubing Decathlon 2026: 7.526.5720.8119 Aug 20182 Oct 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 — 1,419 people have one; it is 0.57 away.

Targets move as he improves.