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Harvey Welsford

2×2 · top 5.7% of 186,767 all-time · competing since March 2021 · 2021WELS01

Harvey Welsford has been competing for 6 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.14, set at St Oliver's Speedy Sunday 2023, puts him in the top 5.7% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 416th in Australia. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 42 competitions since March 2021, he has put 1,443 official solves on the record across twelve 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 34.16 in March 2021 to 10.58, a 69% improvement. Harvey has entered 42 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 5.7% of 186,767 all-time
2.14
signature single · St Oliver's Speedy Sunday 2023
1,443
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 standingAustralia
2×22.143.95
top 5.7%416 / 8,567
Pyraminx4.126.84
top 8.3%383 / 5,993
3×310.5813.13
top 9.2%814 / 11,709
Clock6.909.54
top 10.6%124 / 1,095
4×446.4549.80
top 20.1%492 / 3,051
Megaminx1:17.591:27.26
top 20.3%243 / 1,277
3×3 one-handed20.6527.07
top 22.3%503 / 2,659
Skewb6.328.19
top 28.3%774 / 3,534
5×51:47.622:01.30
top 40.9%552 / 1,356
Square-132.9454.21
top 55.0%539 / 899
6×63:39.97—
top 58.6%362 / 641
7×76:50.34—
early days — 2 solves382 / 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

Barwon Cube for the Kids 2021: 34.16Solving in Sale 2021: 32.15December Series: Kensington 2021: 32.34Melbourne Summer 2022: 25.53Brilliant Ballarat 2022: 20.68Melbourne Mini Sunday 2022: 21.13Solving in Sale 2022: 18.43Wonderful Williamstown 2022: 25.24Victorian Open 2022: 22.33Turning in Townsville 2022: 17.84Apollo Bay Cubing 2022: 16.63Koalafication Melbourne 2022: 19.22Melbourne Cube Days 2022: 19.97Rubik's WCA Oceanic Championship 2022: 18.27Melbourne Summer 2023: 15.02Brilliant Ballarat 2023: 19.04Solving in Sale 2023: 14.87St Oliver's Speedy Sunday 2023: 17.71Melbourne Cubing for Kids Saturday 2023: 15.27Cubing with Penguins by Phillip Island 2023: 14.72Australian Nationals 2023: 14.52Melbourne Cube Days 2023: 14.95Melbourne Summer 2024: 17.62Don't Inverloch Up 2024: 13.41Brilliant Ballarat 2024: 13.33Solving In Sale 2024: 14.80The Big Cube Melbourne 2024: 14.88Nimble Newborough 2024: 14.67Rubik's WCA Oceanic Championship 2024: 13.55Melbourne Summer 2025: 10.70Spark Melbourne February 2025: 11.60Don't Inverloch Up 2025: 10.58VIC State Championship 2025: 11.97Spark Melbourne July 2025: 11.17Australian Nationals 2025: 11.00Nimble Newborough 2025: 12.84Melbourne Summer 2026: 12.00Don't Inverloch Up 2026: 11.64Australian Nationals 2026: 12.2410.5834.1614 Mar 20219 Jul 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-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.14 away.
  • A sub-4 Pyraminx single — 9,892 people have one; it is 0.12 away.

Targets move as he improves.