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Jose Paule

3×3 · top 0.58% of 284,439 all-time · competing since July 2023 · 2023PAUL13

Jose Paule has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 6.15, set at GAN Southern Championship 2026, puts him in the top 0.58% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 386th in the United States. Until June 2011, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 7 competitions since July 2023, he has put 305 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 56% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 10.69 in July 2023 to 6.15, a 42% improvement. Jose has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 0.58% of 284,439 all-time
6.15
signature single · GAN Southern Championship 2026
305
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 56% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×36.159.07
top 0.58%386 / 59,724
3×3 one-handed12.8914.80
top 4.2%623 / 15,683
2×22.763.95
top 11.6%4,548 / 40,951
Pyraminx8.2611.24
top 38.4%10,975 / 28,708

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

DFW Cubing Summer 2023: 10.69Pretzel Mania Dallas 2023: 8.38Longhorn Cube Day 2023: 10.03DFW Cubing Summer 2024: 8.47CubingUSA Southern Championship 2024: 9.02Cube a Ton in Arlington 2024: 7.56GAN Southern Championship 2026: 6.156.1510.6915 Jul 202311 Jun 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 — 1,376 people have one; it is 0.15 away.
  • A sub-12 3×3 one-handed single — 2,187 people have one; it is 0.89 away.

Targets move as he improves.