People · New Zealand
Rylan Hardisty
2×2 · top 24.6% of 186,767 all-time · competing since January 2023 · 2023HARD01
Rylan Hardisty has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 3.85, set at Puzzling Papatoetoe 2025, puts him in the top 24.6% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 446th in New Zealand. Across 4 competitions since January 2023, he has put 54 official solves on the record across four events. His Pyraminx best has come down from 14.43 in January 2023 to 9.30, a 36% improvement. Rylan has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% 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 | 3.85 | 7.47 | top 24.6% | 446 / 1,615 | |
| Pyraminx | 9.30 | 16.75 | top 47.4% | 623 / 1,141 | |
| 3×3 | 23.04 | 26.52 | top 48.0% | 1,010 / 2,095 | |
| 4×4 | 2:20.41 | — | early days — 1 solve | 648 / 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, Pyraminx. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 25 Mar 2023First sub-30 3×3: 29.74 at Southernmost Solving 2023.
- 28 Jan 2023First competition: A New Year in Hamilton 2023. A 38.53 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Puzzling Papatoetoe 2025 · 10 May 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Auckland Autumn 2023 · 13 May 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Southernmost Solving 2023 · 25 Mar 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- A New Year in Hamilton 2023 · 28 Jan 2023
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.
- Kalvin Lum — met in 9 rounds, finished ahead once
- Elyas Eyou — met in 9 rounds, never finished ahead
- Ashley Foster — met in 9 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.85 away.
- A sub-8 Pyraminx single — 46,752 people have one; it is 1.30 away.
Targets move as he improves.