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Joshua Wright

2×2 · top 0.95% of 186,767 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 0.95% of the 186,767 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 32 competitions since May 2022, he has put 765 official solves on the record across 16 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 69% of the 35,811 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 32 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 0.95% of 186,767 all-time
1.17
signature single · Western Ontario Winter 2026
765
official solves on the record
14%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 69% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingCanada
2×21.173.04
top 0.95%62 / 7,173
3×38.059.93
top 2.9%291 / 10,392
3×3 Fewest Moves27 moves32.00
top 8.0%26 / 283
4×436.3539.46
top 8.0%188 / 3,118
Megaminx57.081:02.86
top 8.4%73 / 1,375
5×51:06.461:14.98
top 9.3%111 / 1,499
Pyraminx4.376.39
top 9.6%349 / 4,858
7×73:05.363:38.58
top 12.0%41 / 503
6×62:06.852:12.55
top 14.0%64 / 665
3×3 one-handed17.6020.29
top 14.1%303 / 2,620
Skewb4.455.88
top 14.1%305 / 2,907
Square-114.9819.60
top 16.4%139 / 952
Clock8.279.65
top 16.5%130 / 1,029
3×3 blindfolded1:15.681:48.36
top 18.1%55 / 351
4×4 blindfolded12:18.00—
early days — 2 solves39 / 60
3×3 Multi-Blind7 of 13 cubes · 1:00:00—
early days — 1 solve104 / 112

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: 9.008.0513.727 May 202225 Jul 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 — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.17 away.
  • A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.05 away.

Targets move as he improves.