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Joshua Da Costa

2×2 · top 0.83% of 189,179 all-time · competing since October 2022 · 2022COST18

Joshua Da Costa has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.12, set at Stevenage April 2025, puts him in the top 0.83% of the 189,179 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 68th in the United Kingdom. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 34 competitions since October 2022, he has put 1,827 official solves on the record across 14 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 53% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 13.86 in October 2022 to 7.16, a 48% improvement. Joshua has entered 34 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 0.83% of 189,179 all-time
1.12
signature single · Stevenage April 2025
1,827
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 53% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited Kingdom
2×21.121.77
top 0.83%68 / 4,946
3×37.168.94
top 1.5%112 / 6,785
Pyraminx2.244.13
top 1.6%66 / 3,704
Skewb2.113.80
top 1.7%40 / 2,439
3×3 Fewest Moves23 moves28.67
top 3.0%20 / 372
4×434.6538.83
top 6.5%157 / 2,112
3×3 one-handed14.5116.78
top 7.2%142 / 1,861
5×51:06.491:13.54
top 9.4%123 / 1,167
Megaminx1:04.101:13.10
top 12.2%161 / 998
Square-114.5021.12
top 15.3%155 / 789
6×62:33.402:41.80
top 27.4%170 / 560
Clock10.7912.66
top 29.0%387 / 1,255
7×74:40.934:44.69
top 44.9%220 / 463
3×3 blindfolded6:43.31—
top 90.5%300 / 315

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

Kewbz UK Championship 2022: 13.86East London Autumn 2022: 14.41Essex Winter 2022: 12.77Stevenage May 2023: 10.12Peterborough Summer 2023: 10.77Suffolk Summer 2023: 11.06Bolton Summer 2023: 10.01Stevenage September 2023: 10.31Rubik's UK Championship 2023: 12.57Stevenage November 2023: 10.27Stevenage February 2024: 8.33Stevenage Newcomers Sunday 2024: 7.76Manchester Spring 2024: 8.07Bolton Spring 2024: 7.65Stevenage June 2024: 8.30Lincolnshire Summer 2024: 8.07Stevenage August 2024: 8.89Kewbz UK Open 2024: 9.30Stevenage October 2024: 8.29Rubik's UK Championship 2024: 7.59Stevenage December 2024: 7.69Stevenage January 2025: 7.24Stevenage March 2025: 8.67Stevenage April 2025: 7.47Stevenage June 2025: 8.69Stevenage October 2025: 7.31Stevenage 10th Anniversary 2025: 8.87Stevenage January 2026: 8.25Rubik's WCA European Championship 2026: 9.33Stevenage September 2026: 7.167.1614.4128 Oct 202212 Sep 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 — 1,050 people have one; it is 0.12 away.
  • A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,419 people have one; it is 1.16 away.

Targets move as he improves.