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Colby Joson

3×3 · top 1.7% of 288,433 all-time · competing since July 2024 · 2024JOSO01

Colby Joson has been competing for 2 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.27, set at Virginia Championship 2026, puts him in the top 1.7% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,024th in the United States. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 22 competitions since July 2024, he has put 983 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 73% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 17.47 in July 2024 to 7.27, a 58% improvement. Colby has entered 22 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 1.7% of 288,433 all-time
7.27
signature single · Virginia Championship 2026
983
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 73% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×37.279.40
top 1.7%1,024 / 60,666
3×3 one-handed13.6316.36
top 5.5%782 / 15,900
Pyraminx3.615.74
top 5.9%1,544 / 29,168
4×434.9637.94
top 6.7%1,055 / 19,354
2×22.373.46
top 7.7%3,093 / 41,674
Square-111.8715.14
top 9.6%685 / 6,846
Megaminx1:02.721:13.07
top 11.4%787 / 8,026
Skewb4.325.75
top 13.2%2,068 / 19,164
5×51:13.401:22.17
top 14.2%1,100 / 9,537
Clock7.8810.22
top 14.6%1,151 / 9,172
6×62:51.433:11.61
top 36.8%1,353 / 4,262
7×74:30.04—
top 41.2%1,192 / 3,236
3×3 Fewest Moves45 moves—
early days — 2 solves1,378 / 2,059

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

Minnesota Warm Up 2024: 17.47CubingUSA Mid-Atlantic Championship 2024: 13.06Colonial Cube Clash VA 2024: 12.77Slow N Steady UMD Fall 2024: 10.70Happy Valley Fall PA 2024: 11.00Cubing with the Cougars WV 2025: 12.77Cube Against Cancer Buffalo 2025: 11.54Front Royal Spring 2025: 10.99North Carolina Championship 2025: 10.69TJHSST Spring 2025: 10.27Colonial Cube Clash VA Summer 2025: 10.40Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025: 10.81More Cubing with the Cougars WV 2025: 9.98Virginia Championship 2025: 10.29CubingUSA Mid-Atlantic Championship 2025: 8.51ODU Big Blue Open 2025: 9.63Dockin and Clockin Dunkirk 2026: 9.16Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2026: 9.74Mid-Atlantic Speedcubing Championship 2026: 9.40Williamsburg Open Fall 2026: 9.80ODU Big Blue Fall 2026: 7.87Virginia Championship 2026: 7.277.2717.4713 Jul 202417 Oct 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-6 3×3 single — 1,419 people have one; it is 1.27 away.
  • A sub-12 3×3 one-handed single — 2,239 people have one; it is 1.63 away.

Targets move as he improves.