People · Canada
Joshua Bladek
2×2 · top 7.6% of 186,767 all-time · competing since March 2023 · 2023BLAD01
Joshua Bladek has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.36, set at Greater Toronto 2024, puts him in the top 7.6% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 496th in Canada. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 8 competitions since March 2023, he has put 127 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 59% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 22.07 in March 2023 to 18.27, a 17% improvement. Joshua has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 2.36 | 4.93 | top 7.6% | 496 / 7,173 | |
| 3×3 | 18.27 | 20.98 | top 34.9% | 3,433 / 10,392 | |
| Pyraminx | 10.42 | 11.64 | top 56.2% | 2,726 / 4,858 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 50.83 | 1:08.09 | top 77.5% | 1,895 / 2,620 | |
| 4×4 | 2:24.81 | — | early days — 2 solves | 2,798 / 3,118 |
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, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 18 Feb 2024First sub-20 3×3: 18.27 at Greater Toronto 2024.
- 19 Mar 2023First competition: Pickering B 2023. A 24.05 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Kawartha Fall 2025 · 22 Nov 2025
- Greater Toronto 2025 · 9 Mar 2025
- Wrap It Up Barrie 2024 · 28 Dec 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Greater Toronto 2024 · 18 Feb 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Scarborough Fall B 2023 · 19 Nov 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Pickering Fall A 2023 · 21 Oct 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Markham 3x3x3 Morning 2023 · 29 Apr 2023
- Pickering B 2023 · 19 Mar 2023 — 1 personal best 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.
- Aidan Xu — met in 22 rounds, never finished ahead
- Lucas Nieuwland — met in 20 rounds, never finished ahead
- Matthew Lee — met in 19 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.36 away.
- A sub-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 3.27 away.
Targets move as he improves.