People · United Kingdom
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.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United Kingdom | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 2.84 | 4.43 | top 12.4% | 770 / 4,895 | |
| 3×3 | 12.58 | 14.60 | top 15.9% | 1,085 / 6,689 | |
| Pyraminx | 8.04 | 11.24 | top 36.5% | 1,463 / 3,656 | |
| Skewb | 8.58 | 15.51 | top 45.6% | 1,068 / 2,421 | |
| 4×4 | 1:16.52 | — | top 53.0% | 1,141 / 2,071 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 45.96 | — | top 72.7% | 1,289 / 1,851 | |
| 5×5 | 3:10.61 | — | early days — 3 solves | 1,015 / 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
Best single per competition, 2×2. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 7 Jun 2025First sub-15 3×3: 12.58 at Stevenage June 2025.
- 24 Jun 2023Four personal bests in one day at Stevenage June 2023.
- 20 May 2023First sub-20 3×3: 19.38 at Stevenage May 2023.
- 20 May 2023Four personal bests in one day at Stevenage May 2023.
- 24 Sep 2022Three personal bests in one day at Stevenage Autumn A 2022.
- 9 Jul 2022First competition: Stevenage Summer 2022.
Competitions
- Stevenage March 2026 · 14 Mar 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Stevenage September 2025 · 6 Sep 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Stevenage June 2025 · 7 Jun 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Stevenage January 2025 · 25 Jan 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Stevenage October 2024 · 5 Oct 2024
- Stevenage August 2024 · 10 Aug 2024
- Stevenage May 2024 · 11 May 2024
- Stevenage Newcomers Sunday 2024 · 10 Mar 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Stevenage February 2024 · 10 Feb 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Stevenage November 2023 · 25 Nov 2023
- Stevenage September 2023 · 16 Sep 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Stevenage June 2023 · 24 Jun 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- Stevenage May 2023 · 20 May 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- Stevenage January 2023 · 21 Jan 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Stevenage Autumn A 2022 · 24 Sep 2022 — 3 personal bests set
- Stevenage Summer 2022 · 9 Jul 2022
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.
- Noah Calderon-Kamata — met in 85 rounds, never finished ahead
- Harry Allen — met in 84 rounds, finished ahead 11 times
- Alexandru Boca — met in 82 rounds, finished ahead once
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.