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Joshua Hardaker

2×2 · top 12.4% of 186,767 all-time · competing since July 2022 · 2022HARD06

Joshua Hardaker has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.84, set at Stevenage Newcomers Sunday 2024, puts him in the top 12.4% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 770th in the United Kingdom. Across 16 competitions since July 2022, he has put 422 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 53% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 2×2 best has come down from 5.90 in July 2022 to 2.84, a 52% improvement. Joshua has entered 16 competitions, more competitions than 96% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 12.4% of 186,767 all-time
2.84
signature single · Stevenage Newcomers Sunday 2024
422
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 53% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited Kingdom
2×22.844.43
top 12.4%770 / 4,895
3×312.5814.60
top 15.9%1,085 / 6,689
Pyraminx8.0411.24
top 36.5%1,463 / 3,656
Skewb8.5815.51
top 45.6%1,068 / 2,421
4×41:16.52
top 53.0%1,141 / 2,071
3×3 one-handed45.96
top 72.7%1,289 / 1,851
5×53:10.61
early days — 3 solves1,015 / 1,151

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

Stevenage Summer 2022: 5.90Stevenage Autumn A 2022: 5.70Stevenage January 2023: 5.51Stevenage May 2023: 3.41Stevenage June 2023: 4.02Stevenage September 2023: 3.40Stevenage November 2023: 4.28Stevenage February 2024: 3.24Stevenage Newcomers Sunday 2024: 2.84Stevenage May 2024: 3.38Stevenage August 2024: 4.79Stevenage January 2025: 4.13Stevenage June 2025: 3.61Stevenage September 2025: 3.24Stevenage March 2026: 3.972.845.909 Jul 202214 Mar 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-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.84 away.
  • A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 0.58 away.

Targets move as he improves.