People · India
Albin Joseph
3×3 · top 3.7% of 288,433 all-time · competing since March 2017 · 2017JOSE01
Albin Joseph has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.45, set at Sanskara Cube Open 2025, puts him in the top 3.7% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 361st in India. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 8 competitions since March 2017, he has put 287 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 67% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 17.70 in March 2017 to 8.45, a 52% improvement. Albin 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 | India | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 8.45 | 11.07 | top 3.7% | 361 / 20,146 | |
| 2×2 | 2.44 | 3.75 | top 8.4% | 685 / 12,225 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.17 | 6.92 | top 8.6% | 491 / 8,971 | |
| 4×4 | 41.24 | 43.35 | top 13.6% | 372 / 4,220 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 20.39 | 23.60 | top 21.6% | 771 / 4,534 | |
| Skewb | 9.27 | 16.67 | top 50.4% | 1,443 / 3,548 |
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
- 30 Sep 2023First sub-10 3×3: 8.93 at Kumaraguru Cube Open 2023.
- 30 Sep 2023Six personal bests in one day at Kumaraguru Cube Open 2023.
- 1 Feb 2020Five personal bests in one day at Amrita Cube Open 2020.
- 3 Mar 2019Five personal bests in one day at Cult A Way Cube Open 2019.
- 24 Feb 2018First sub-15 3×3: 14.31 at Anokha Cubing Royale 2018.
- 24 Feb 2018Three personal bests in one day at Anokha Cubing Royale 2018.
Competitions
- Sanskara Cube Open 2025 · 28 Jun 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Amrita Cube Open 2025 · 31 May 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Kumaraguru Cube Open 2023 · 30 Sep 2023 — 6 personal bests set
- Cult A Way Cube Open 2020 · 9 Feb 2020 — 1 personal best set
- Amrita Cube Open 2020 · 1 Feb 2020 — 5 personal bests set
- Cult A Way Cube Open 2019 · 3 Mar 2019 — 5 personal bests set
- Anokha Cubing Royale 2018 · 24 Feb 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- Anokha Cubing Royale 2017 · 3 Mar 2017
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.
- Muhammad Rayyan — met in 30 rounds, finished ahead 7 times
- Sai Mrudhun (சாய் மிருதுன்) — met in 26 rounds, finished ahead 10 times
- Arun Kannan — met in 24 rounds, finished ahead 11 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 0.45 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 9,039 people have one; it is 0.44 away.
Targets move as he improves.