People · New Zealand
Joshua Bedford
Pyraminx · top 17.1% of 130,891 all-time · competing since August 2025 · 2025BEDF01
Joshua Bedford has been competing for a year. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 5.59, set at Wellington Autumn 2026, puts him in the top 17.1% of the 130,891 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 245th in New Zealand. Across 4 competitions since August 2025, he has put 136 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one, an early reading from 8 counted rounds. Joshua has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | New Zealand | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 5.59 | 9.47 | top 17.1% | 245 / 1,149 | |
| 2×2 | 4.02 | 5.80 | top 26.8% | 482 / 1,627 | |
| Clock | 12.55 | 14.68 | top 37.6% | 140 / 319 | |
| 3×3 | 20.18 | 25.24 | top 40.6% | 869 / 2,145 | |
| Skewb | 15.18 | 20.86 | top 78.9% | 556 / 670 | |
| 4×4 | 2:27.02 | — | early days — 2 solves | 683 / 745 |
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
- 13 Sep 2025First sub-30 3×3: 22.76 at NZ Cubing in the Capital 2025.
- 23 Aug 2025First competition: Solve Well in Wellington 2025. A 32.26 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Wellington Autumn 2026 · 23 May 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Wellington Spring 2025 · 22 Nov 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- NZ Cubing in the Capital 2025 · 13 Sep 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Solve Well in Wellington 2025 · 23 Aug 2025 — 2 personal bests set
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.
- Aneurin Hunt — met in 28 rounds, finished ahead once
- Julian Sico — met in 28 rounds, finished ahead once
- Jack McDougall — met in 28 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-5 Pyraminx single — 17,242 people have one; it is 0.59 away.
- A sub-4 2×2 single — 50,215 people have one; it is 0.02 away.
Targets move as he improves.