People · Australia
Gus Friend
2×2 · top 5.2% of 186,767 all-time · competing since September 2023 · 2023FRIE07
Gus Friend has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.07, set at SA Sprint Showdown 2024, puts him in the top 5.2% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 385th in Australia. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 12 competitions since September 2023, he has put 311 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one; 89% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 2×2 best has come down from 7.53 in September 2023 to 2.07, a 73% improvement. Gus has entered twelve competitions, more competitions than 94% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Australia | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 2.07 | 3.70 | top 5.2% | 385 / 8,567 | |
| 3×3 | 12.46 | 14.41 | top 15.5% | 1,388 / 11,709 | |
| Clock | 8.38 | 10.70 | top 17.0% | 185 / 1,095 | |
| Pyraminx | 7.38 | 9.07 | top 31.0% | 1,618 / 5,993 | |
| 4×4 | 1:02.52 | 1:11.15 | top 39.2% | 1,042 / 3,051 | |
| Square-1 | 30.04 | 40.97 | top 49.4% | 485 / 899 | |
| 5×5 | 2:05.91 | — | top 53.0% | 723 / 1,356 | |
| Skewb | 10.09 | 14.68 | top 55.5% | 1,811 / 3,534 | |
| Megaminx | 2:32.96 | — | early days — 2 solves | 805 / 1,277 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 40.53 | 58.53 | top 66.0% | 1,570 / 2,659 | |
| 6×6 | 4:41.35 | 4:57.92 | top 77.5% | 500 / 641 | |
| 7×7 | 8:15.75 | — | early days — 3 solves | 452 / 523 |
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, 2×2. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 10 Jan 2025Six personal bests in one day at Adelaide Summer 2025.
- 24 Nov 2024Three personal bests in one day at Northern Adelaide Cubing 2024.
- 12 Jul 2024First sub-15 3×3: 13.78 at Australian Nationals 2024.
- 4 May 2024Four personal bests in one day at SA Sprint Showdown 2024.
- 13 Jan 2024First sub-20 3×3: 18.37 at Adelaide Summer 2024.
- 13 Jan 2024Three personal bests in one day at Adelaide Summer 2024.
Competitions
- All Welcome Adelaide 2025 · 22 Mar 2025
- Adelaide Summer 2025 · 10 Jan 2025 — 6 personal bests set
- Northern Adelaide Cubing 2024 · 24 Nov 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Unley Spring 2024 · 2 Nov 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Slow Down Adelaide 2024 · 21 Sep 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Australian Nationals 2024 · 12 Jul 2024 — 1 personal best set
- SA Sprint Showdown 2024 · 4 May 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- All Welcome Adelaide 2024 · 9 Mar 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- On the Side South Australia 2024 · 10 Feb 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Adelaide Summer 2024 · 13 Jan 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Playford Cubing 2023 · 4 Nov 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- South Australian Open 2023 · 2 Sep 2023
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.
- Peter Vu — met in 77 rounds, finished ahead 8 times
- Aston Culf — met in 77 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
- Dallas McNeil — met in 74 rounds, finished ahead 27 times
Next targets
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.07 away.
- A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 0.46 away.
Targets move as he improves.