People · New Zealand
Oscar Harding
2×2 · top 8.6% of 186,767 all-time · competing since September 2024 · 2024HARD15
Oscar Harding has been competing for a year. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.47, set at Puzzling Papatoetoe 2025, puts him in the top 8.6% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 184th in New Zealand. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 8 competitions since September 2024, he has put 187 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 84% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 2×2 best has come down from 4.90 in September 2024 to 2.47, a 50% improvement. Oscar has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | New Zealand | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 2.47 | 4.48 | top 8.6% | 184 / 1,615 | |
| Clock | 7.31 | 9.29 | top 12.2% | 60 / 303 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.50 | 8.06 | top 16.4% | 231 / 1,141 | |
| 3×3 | 16.88 | 18.96 | top 30.6% | 627 / 2,095 | |
| Skewb | 12.50 | 13.95 | top 68.5% | 475 / 666 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 43.39 | 49.94 | top 69.8% | 395 / 600 |
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
- 14 Jun 2025Four personal bests in one day at Milford Winter Warm Up 2025.
- 17 Jan 2025First sub-30 3×3: 24.61 at A New Year in Auckland 2025.
- 17 Jan 2025First sub-20 3×3: 19.00 at A New Year in Auckland 2025.
- 28 Sep 2024First competition: New Zealand Cubing Decathlon 2024. A 32.22 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- New Zealand Nationals 2025 · 12 Dec 2025
- New Zealand Cubing Decathlon 2025 · 25 Oct 2025 — 1 personal best set
- 2x2 in Tāmaki Makaurau 2025 · 16 Aug 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Milford Winter Warm Up 2025 · 14 Jun 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Puzzling Papatoetoe 2025 · 10 May 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- A New Year in Auckland 2025 · 17 Jan 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Springing into Auckland 2024 · 12 Oct 2024 — 1 personal best set
- New Zealand Cubing Decathlon 2024 · 28 Sep 2024
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.
- Brandon Harris — met in 38 rounds, never finished ahead
- Levi Eyou — met in 38 rounds, never finished ahead
- Elyas Eyou — met in 37 rounds, finished ahead twice
Next targets
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.47 away.
- A sub-6 Clock single — 2,324 people have one; it is 1.31 away.
Targets move as he improves.