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Joseph Archibald

Pyraminx · top 0.59% of 129,321 all-time · competing since August 2019 · 2019ARCH01

Joseph Archibald has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 1.63, set at Kewbz UK Championship 2026, puts him in the top 0.59% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 23rd in the United Kingdom. Until April 2012, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 30 competitions since August 2019, he has put 1,320 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 67% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 29.45 in August 2019 to 10.97, a 63% improvement. Joseph has entered 30 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

Pyraminx
best event — top 0.59% of 129,321 all-time
1.63
signature single · Kewbz UK Championship 2026
1,320
official solves on the record
14%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 67% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited Kingdom
Pyraminx1.633.18
top 0.59%23 / 3,656
Clock6.019.78
top 7.3%100 / 1,232
2×22.423.85
top 8.1%551 / 4,895
Skewb3.855.34
top 9.9%225 / 2,421
3×310.9713.94
top 10.4%748 / 6,689
3×3 one-handed19.1221.61
top 18.1%342 / 1,851
Megaminx1:25.201:35.77
top 25.1%289 / 966
4×450.9156.43
top 25.8%573 / 2,071
Square-119.5424.36
top 26.9%254 / 778
3×3 Fewest Moves39 moves—
early days — 2 solves181 / 372
5×51:56.752:17.50
top 47.2%583 / 1,151
6×64:21.314:44.83
top 72.1%414 / 548
7×77:22.47—
early days — 1 solve407 / 459

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

August Bank Holiday Celebration 2019: 29.45Guildford Open 2020: 19.91Fontwell Open 2020: 19.85Weston-super-Mare Open 2022: 13.93Farnworth Spring D 2022: 15.30Glasgow Open 2022: 15.22Cheltenham Summer 2022: 15.91Rubik's WCA European Championship 2022: 14.93Lincoln Summer 2022: 10.97August Bank Holiday Cheltenham 2022: 13.06Kewbz UK Championship 2022: 13.45East London Autumn 2022: 12.82Essex Winter 2022: 12.78UK New Year Countdown 2023: 13.76Guildford Winter 2023: 13.55Lincolnshire Winter 2023: 12.39Bolton Spring 2023: 11.68Suffolk Summer 2023: 13.04Edinburgh Summer 2023: 14.14Bolton Summer 2023: 12.77August Bank Holiday Cheltenham 2023: 13.76Rubik's UK Championship 2023: 13.07Wiltshire Winter 2025: 13.34Leeds Spring 2026: 13.91Sheffield Spring 2026: 14.34Stevenage July 2026: 13.14Rubik's WCA European Championship 2026: 15.09Kewbz UK Championship 2026: 12.3310.9729.4524 Aug 201928 Aug 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-1 Pyraminx single — 49 people have one; it is 0.63 away.
  • A sub-6 Clock single — 2,324 people have one; it is 0.01 away.

Targets move as he improves.