People · New Zealand
Joshua Slyfield
3×3 · top 8.2% of 284,439 all-time · competing since February 2020 · 2020SLYF01
Joshua Slyfield has been competing for 6 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.24, set at Coping in Auckland 2025, puts him in the top 8.2% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 178th in New Zealand. Until May 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 12 competitions since February 2020, he has put 373 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 10% around a typical one, steadier than 96% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 22.74 in February 2020 to 10.24, a 55% improvement. Joshua has entered twelve competitions, more competitions than 94% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | New Zealand | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 10.24 | 13.48 | top 8.2% | 178 / 2,095 | |
| Skewb | 3.90 | 5.46 | top 10.2% | 89 / 666 | |
| 2×2 | 2.69 | 4.55 | top 10.8% | 216 / 1,615 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.16 | 10.52 | top 14.2% | 202 / 1,141 | |
| Clock | 12.74 | 15.52 | top 38.5% | 137 / 303 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 33.70 | 41.32 | top 54.8% | 291 / 600 | |
| Megaminx | 2:25.52 | — | top 59.1% | 182 / 283 | |
| 4×4 | 1:24.78 | 1:28.33 | top 59.7% | 411 / 722 |
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
- 5 Jul 2025Four personal bests in one day at Coping in Auckland 2025.
- 13 May 2023Seven personal bests in one day at Auckland Autumn 2023.
- 9 Dec 2022First sub-15 3×3: 14.62 at New Zealand Nationals 2022.
- 9 Dec 2022Five personal bests in one day at New Zealand Nationals 2022.
- 20 Mar 2021First sub-20 3×3: 15.74 at Twisty Taranaki 2021.
- 20 Mar 2021Four personal bests in one day at Twisty Taranaki 2021.
Competitions
- New Zealand Nationals 2025 · 12 Dec 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- 2x2 in Tāmaki Makaurau 2025 · 16 Aug 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Coping in Auckland 2025 · 5 Jul 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Te Atatū Newcomers Open 2024 · 16 Mar 2024
- A New Year in Auckland 2024 · 20 Jan 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Auckland Autumn 2023 · 13 May 2023 — 7 personal bests set
- New Zealand Nationals 2022 · 9 Dec 2022 — 5 personal bests set
- Twisty Taranaki 2022 · 23 Apr 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Popping Off Pukekohe B 2022 · 22 Jan 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Twisty Taranaki 2021 · 20 Mar 2021 — 4 personal bests set
- A New Year in Auckland 2021 · 8 Jan 2021 — 3 personal bests set
- Auckland Summer Open 2020 · 29 Feb 2020
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.
- Edwin Shen — met in 69 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Elyas Eyou — met in 69 rounds, finished ahead once
- Brandon Harris — met in 66 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.24 away.
- A sub-3 Skewb single — 3,646 people have one; it is 0.90 away.
Targets move as he improves.