People · United States
Josef Eldon Strosche
2×2 · top 0.58% of 186,767 all-time · competing since July 2023 · 2023STRO10
Josef Eldon Strosche has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.01, set at CubingUSA Heartland Championship 2024, puts him in the top 0.58% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 240th in the United States. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 11 competitions since July 2023, he has put 437 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 83% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 39.26 in July 2023 to 9.72, a 75% improvement. Josef has entered eleven competitions, more competitions than 93% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 1.01 | 3.41 | top 0.58% | 240 / 40,951 | |
| 3×3 | 9.72 | 12.59 | top 6.7% | 3,663 / 59,724 | |
| Skewb | 4.58 | 8.48 | top 15.1% | 2,364 / 18,907 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.62 | 7.09 | top 17.2% | 4,566 / 28,708 | |
| Clock | 11.77 | 12.94 | top 33.9% | 2,679 / 8,927 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 26.08 | 35.60 | top 37.0% | 4,919 / 15,683 | |
| 4×4 | 1:00.59 | 1:09.64 | top 37.1% | 5,986 / 19,072 | |
| Megaminx | 1:54.49 | 2:05.59 | top 42.9% | 3,120 / 7,841 | |
| 5×5 | 2:19.66 | — | top 60.9% | 5,222 / 9,401 | |
| Square-1 | 48.07 | 1:00.84 | top 74.2% | 4,903 / 6,743 |
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
- 13 Sep 2025Three personal bests in one day at Corny Cubers Iowa Classic 2025.
- 1 Aug 2025First sub-10 3×3: 9.72 at CubingUSA Great Lakes Championship 2025.
- 1 Aug 2025Five personal bests in one day at CubingUSA Great Lakes Championship 2025.
- 18 Jan 2025Four personal bests in one day at Big Cube Battle of Waterloo 2025.
- 9 Mar 2024First sub-15 3×3: 12.09 at Algs in Ankeny 2024.
- 9 Mar 2024Four personal bests in one day at Algs in Ankeny 2024.
Competitions
- CubingUSA Heartland Championship 2026 · 22 May 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- UIUC Fall 2025 · 15 Nov 2025
- Corny Cubers Iowa Classic 2025 · 13 Sep 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- CubingUSA Great Lakes Championship 2025 · 1 Aug 2025 — 5 personal bests set
- Cubing at Iowa State 2025 · 1 Mar 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Big Cube Battle of Waterloo 2025 · 18 Jan 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2024 · 18 Jul 2024 — 1 personal best set
- CubingUSA Heartland Championship 2024 · 7 Jun 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Algs in Ankeny 2024 · 9 Mar 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- North Star Cubing Challenge 2024 · 20 Jan 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- Sioux City Sunday 2023 · 23 Jul 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.
- Chris Van Der Brink — met in 74 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Nathan Rahn — met in 73 rounds, finished ahead once
- Trenton Cuzick — met in 72 rounds, finished ahead 8 times
Next targets
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.01 away.
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.72 away.
Targets move as he improves.