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John Du

2×2 · top 0.79% of 186,767 all-time · competing since February 2024 · 2024DUJO01

John Du has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.11, set at Open de Gatineau 2026, puts him in the top 0.79% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 51st in Canada. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 18 competitions since February 2024, he has put 417 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 81% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 54.26 in February 2024 to 14.95, a 72% improvement. John has entered 18 competitions, more competitions than 96% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 0.79% of 186,767 all-time
1.11
signature single · Open de Gatineau 2026
417
official solves on the record
15%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 81% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingCanada
2×21.113.96
top 0.79%51 / 7,173
Pyraminx3.254.74
top 4.5%155 / 4,858
Clock5.346.57
top 5.3%40 / 1,029
Skewb5.566.81
top 22.4%531 / 2,907
3×314.9516.64
top 24.3%2,336 / 10,392
4×452.561:02.23
top 27.8%707 / 3,118
Megaminx1:29.592:01.27
top 27.9%266 / 1,375
Square-120.9426.10
top 30.1%264 / 952
5×51:41.741:46.31
top 36.7%456 / 1,499
3×3 one-handed31.5838.32
top 50.2%1,169 / 2,620
6×63:26.615:08.17
top 53.4%290 / 665
7×76:00.487:45.25
top 67.8%304 / 503

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

Greater Toronto 2024: 54.26Nouveaux Venus à Montréal B 2024: 39.23Ottawa Spring 2024: 30.14Carleton Place Summer 2024: 22.15Ottawa Summer 2024: 22.55Ontario Championship 2024: 19.90Ottawa 3x3x3 Fall A 2024: 18.49Wrap It Up Barrie 2024: 17.38Ottawa Mini Winter A 2025: 17.45Greater Toronto 2025: 15.29Ottawa Spring 2025: 17.76Championnat Canadien 2025: 15.47Ottawa 3x3x3 Winter B 2026: 16.12Open de Gatineau 2026: 15.47Ottawa Spring 2026: 14.95Wasaga Beach Spring 2026: 15.9214.9554.2618 Feb 202416 May 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-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.11 away.
  • A sub-3 Pyraminx single — 4,700 people have one; it is 0.25 away.

Targets move as he improves.