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James Hawksworth

2×2 · top 3.7% of 186,767 all-time · competing since December 2022 · 2022HAWK08

James Hawksworth has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.82, set at A New Year in Auckland 2025, puts him in the top 3.7% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 99th in New Zealand. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 23 competitions since December 2022, he has put 788 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 79% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 2×2 best has come down from 4.89 in December 2022 to 1.82, a 63% improvement. James has entered 23 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 3.7% of 186,767 all-time
1.82
signature single · A New Year in Auckland 2025
788
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 79% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingNew Zealand
2×21.824.88
top 3.7%99 / 1,615
Skewb4.348.71
top 13.3%104 / 666
3×312.1017.68
top 14.2%291 / 2,095
Pyraminx5.737.72
top 18.0%259 / 1,141
Clock9.0010.84
top 20.0%80 / 303
Square-121.5430.64
top 31.4%99 / 251
3×3 one-handed28.4038.28
top 42.9%235 / 600
4×41:09.231:16.55
top 46.1%309 / 722
5×52:13.802:26.02
top 57.5%198 / 355

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

New Zealand Nationals 2022: 4.89A New Year in Hamilton 2023: 4.27Auckland Autumn 2023: 3.51NZ North Island Championship 2023: 5.97New Zealand Nationals 2023: 3.89A New Year in Auckland 2024: 4.27Beachside Auckland 2024: 3.01Clauckland 2024: 4.76NZ North Island Championship 2024: 4.77South Auckland Side Events 2024: 1.86New Zealand Cubing Decathlon 2024: 3.99Springing into Auckland 2024: 4.29Max Speed Milford 2024: 4.16New Zealand Nationals 2024: 4.47A New Year in Auckland 2025: 1.82Sqauckland 2025: 4.45Coping in Auckland 2025: 5.162x2 in Tāmaki Makaurau 2025: 3.88Beachside Auckland 2025: 3.67New Zealand Cubing Decathlon 2025: 3.23Drury Summer 2025: 3.58New Zealand Nationals 2025: 3.15A New Year in Auckland 2026: 4.211.825.979 Dec 202216 Jan 2026

Best single per competition, 2×2. 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 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.82 away.
  • A sub-4 Skewb single — 7,977 people have one; it is 0.34 away.

Targets move as he improves.