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Joshua Wright

2×2 · top 0.96% of 189,179 all-time · competing since May 2022 · 2022WRIG06

Joshua Wright has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.17, set at Western Ontario Winter 2026, puts him in the top 0.96% of the 189,179 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 62nd in Canada. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 36 competitions since May 2022, he has put 869 official solves on the record across 16 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 62% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 13.72 in May 2022 to 8.05, a 41% improvement. Joshua has entered 36 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 0.96% of 189,179 all-time
1.17
signature single · Western Ontario Winter 2026
869
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 62% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingCanada
2×21.173.04
top 0.96%62 / 7,245
3×38.059.93
top 2.9%295 / 10,502
Skewb3.305.74
top 6.6%122 / 2,928
3×3 Fewest Moves27 moves32.00
top 8.0%26 / 284
4×436.3539.46
top 8.1%192 / 3,180
Megaminx57.081:02.86
top 8.5%77 / 1,393
Pyraminx4.276.39
top 9.0%329 / 4,913
5×51:06.461:14.98
top 9.4%117 / 1,546
7×73:05.363:35.33
top 12.0%44 / 519
Square-113.1617.90
top 12.3%101 / 973
3×3 one-handed17.6020.29
top 14.1%306 / 2,632
6×62:06.852:12.55
top 14.1%66 / 683
3×3 blindfolded1:09.161:48.36
top 15.9%51 / 362
Clock8.279.65
top 16.4%131 / 1,057
3×3 Multi-Blind9 of 13 cubes · 55:28—
early days — 3 solves45 / 116
4×4 blindfolded8:07.86—
early days — 3 solves22 / 61

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

Oshawa Favourites 2022: 13.72Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2022: 12.47Appleby Winter A 2023: 10.11Newmarket Favourites 2023: 9.97Markham 3x3x3 Afternoon 2023: 11.30Southern Ontario Summer - Oshawa 2023: 10.93Appleby Fall B 2023: 10.96Battle of Waterloo 2024: 9.50Ontario Championship 2024: 9.04Pickering Mini Afternoon 2024: 9.14Pickering NxNxN Summer 2025: 9.69Championnat Canadien 2025: 10.78Brantford Fall 2025: 8.17Waterloo Fall 2025: 9.45Pickering NxNxN Winter 2026: 10.52Open de Gatineau 2026: 8.36Western Ontario Winter 2026: 11.01Pickering Mini Morning 2026: 9.90Wasaga Beach Spring 2026: 10.19Waterloo Spring 2026: 8.12Palmyra Spring 2026: 8.05Corning Summer 2026: 9.00Gouverneur Sprint 2026: 10.71Ottawa Side Events A 2026: 9.848.0513.727 May 202218 Oct 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 0.17 away.
  • A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 0.05 away.

Targets move as he improves.