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Joseph Joshi Chirayil

3×3 · top 3.1% of 284,439 all-time · competing since December 2022 · 2022CHIR04

Joseph Joshi Chirayil has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.15, set at Bring the Heat AZ 2023, puts him in the top 3.1% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 305th in Canada. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 7 competitions since December 2022, he has put 108 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 86% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 10.66 in December 2022 to 8.15, a 24% improvement. Joseph has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 3.1% of 284,439 all-time
8.15
signature single · Bring the Heat AZ 2023
108
official solves on the record
15%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 86% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingCanada
3×38.1510.53
top 3.1%305 / 10,392
2×23.936.17
top 25.6%1,725 / 7,173
3×3 one-handed27.5933.51
top 40.9%916 / 2,620
4×41:11.811:20.16
top 48.6%1,326 / 3,118
Pyraminx11.1415.65
top 61.5%3,005 / 4,858
Skewb16.2818.80
top 82.1%2,417 / 2,907

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

AZCubing Winter 2022: 10.66Arizona Speedcubing Spring 2023: 8.84Never Stop Turning AZ 2023: 8.60Cubing in Glendale 2023: 9.91Bring the Heat AZ 2023: 8.15Lopes Up AZ 2025: 10.34Bring the Heat AZ 2025: 9.288.1510.6617 Dec 202219 Jul 2025

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.

  • Dan Tran — met in 22 rounds, never finished ahead
  • Rahul Athreya — met in 21 rounds, finished ahead 16 times
  • Ivan Vanek — met in 21 rounds, finished ahead twice

Next targets

  • A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.15 away.
  • A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.93 away.

Targets move as he improves.