People · United States
Joseph Bishop
3×3 · top 4.6% of 288,433 all-time · competing since June 2024 · 2024BISH04
Joseph Bishop has been competing for 2 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.85, set at GA Cubers Pride 2026, puts him in the top 4.6% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,569th in the United States. Until May 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 9 competitions since June 2024, he has put 201 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 91% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 18.18 in June 2024 to 8.85, a 51% improvement. Joseph has entered nine competitions, more competitions than 91% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 8.85 | 10.43 | top 4.6% | 2,569 / 60,666 | |
| 2×2 | 2.60 | 4.22 | top 10.0% | 3,984 / 41,674 | |
| Pyraminx | 7.16 | 11.88 | top 29.2% | 8,190 / 29,168 | |
| 4×4 | 54.78 | 1:07.05 | top 30.6% | 4,869 / 19,354 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 29.58 | 37.79 | top 45.8% | 6,297 / 15,900 | |
| Clock | 15.68 | 18.82 | top 50.6% | 4,251 / 9,172 |
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
- 20 Jun 2026First sub-10 3×3: 8.85 at GA Cubers Pride 2026.
- 20 Jun 2026Three personal bests in one day at GA Cubers Pride 2026.
- 25 Apr 2026Three personal bests in one day at CubingUSA Southeast Championship 2026.
- 11 Jan 2026Three personal bests in one day at Wrightsville Beach Bash 2026.
- 24 May 2025Six personal bests in one day at North Carolina Championship 2025.
- 4 Jan 2025First sub-15 3×3: 14.55 at Solving in Savannah 2025.
Competitions
- GA Cuber Jackets Fall 2026 · 4 Oct 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Soda City Cubing SC 2026 · 26 Sep 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- GA Cubers Pride 2026 · 20 Jun 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- CubingUSA Southeast Championship 2026 · 25 Apr 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Wrightsville Beach Bash 2026 · 11 Jan 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Clemson Cube Catastrophe 2025 · 9 Aug 2025 — 1 personal best set
- North Carolina Championship 2025 · 24 May 2025 — 6 personal bests set
- Solving in Savannah 2025 · 4 Jan 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- CubingUSA Southeast Championship 2024 · 28 Jun 2024
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.
- Katie Hull — met in 39 rounds, never finished ahead
- Rue Clippinger — met in 34 rounds, finished ahead 10 times
- Ethan Owens — met in 34 rounds, finished ahead 8 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 0.85 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 9,039 people have one; it is 0.60 away.
Targets move as he improves.