People · Canada
Rhys Hurly-Rands
2×2 · top 2.5% of 189,179 all-time · competing since March 2025 · 2025HURL01
Rhys Hurly-Rands has been competing for a year. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.57, set at Western Ontario Winter 2026, puts him in the top 2.5% of the 189,179 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 155th in Canada. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 5 competitions since March 2025, he has put 82 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one, an early reading from 6 counted rounds. That figure sets aside his 2 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 20.05 in March 2025 to 10.08, a 50% improvement. Rhys has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 1.57 | 4.09 | top 2.5% | 155 / 7,245 | |
| 3×3 | 10.08 | 12.75 | top 7.7% | 727 / 10,502 | |
| Megaminx | 1:18.44 | 1:21.92 | top 20.8% | 194 / 1,393 | |
| 5×5 | 1:29.52 | 1:33.68 | top 27.0% | 335 / 1,546 | |
| Pyraminx | 7.88 | 10.67 | top 35.2% | 1,627 / 4,913 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 25.47 | 28.56 | top 35.6% | 789 / 2,632 | |
| 4×4 | 1:00.80 | 1:04.01 | top 37.4% | 1,017 / 3,180 | |
| Square-1 | 24.29 | 33.83 | top 37.5% | 326 / 973 |
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
- 29 Nov 2025First sub-15 3×3: 13.57 at Waterloo Fall 2025.
- 13 Sep 2025First sub-20 3×3: 18.64 at Brantford Fall 2025.
- 23 Mar 2025First competition: Western Ontario Winter 2025. A 20.05 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Waterloo Spring 2026 · 30 May 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Western Ontario Winter 2026 · 14 Mar 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Waterloo Fall 2025 · 29 Nov 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Brantford Fall 2025 · 13 Sep 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Western Ontario Winter 2025 · 23 Mar 2025
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.
- David-Nuo Cheng — met in 16 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
- Nicholas Patterson — met in 16 rounds, never finished ahead
- Joshua Wright — met in 16 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,050 people have one; it is 0.57 away.
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,606 people have one; it is 0.08 away.
Targets move as he improves.