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Joseph Nakajima
Pyraminx · top 5.5% of 129,321 all-time · competing since April 2017 · 2017NAKA03
Joseph Nakajima has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 3.50, set at Arizona Championship 2025, puts him in the top 5.5% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,425th in the United States. Until February 2008, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 11 competitions since April 2017, he has put 348 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 54% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 44.19 in April 2017 to 13.12, a 70% improvement. Joseph 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 3.50 | 4.27 | top 5.5% | 1,425 / 28,708 | |
| Skewb | 4.82 | 10.68 | top 16.8% | 2,661 / 18,907 | |
| 3×3 | 13.12 | 15.16 | top 17.8% | 9,559 / 59,724 | |
| 2×2 | 4.37 | 6.06 | top 31.3% | 12,445 / 40,951 | |
| Clock | 11.48 | 13.99 | top 32.5% | 2,548 / 8,927 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 24.56 | 29.98 | top 33.0% | 4,324 / 15,683 | |
| 4×4 | 57.48 | 1:06.14 | top 33.7% | 5,384 / 19,072 | |
| Megaminx | 2:01.40 | 2:20.51 | top 46.5% | 3,426 / 7,841 | |
| 5×5 | 2:30.54 | — | top 66.0% | 5,751 / 9,401 |
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
- 14 Jun 2025Four personal bests in one day at El Paso 2025.
- 16 Nov 2024Five personal bests in one day at Albuquerque Cubefest 2024.
- 2 Sep 2023First sub-30 3×3: 20.57 at Ski Valley Solving 2023.
- 2 Sep 2023First sub-20 3×3: 14.46 at Ski Valley Solving 2023.
- 2 Sep 2023First sub-15 3×3: 14.46 at Ski Valley Solving 2023.
- 2 Sep 2023Four personal bests in one day at Ski Valley Solving 2023.
Competitions
- Rocky Mountain Championship 2025 · 24 Oct 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- El Paso 2025 · 14 Jun 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Arizona Championship 2025 · 10 May 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Albuquerque Cubefest 2024 · 16 Nov 2024 — 5 personal bests set
- Arizona Autumn 2024 · 28 Sep 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Harmony El Paso Cubing 2023 · 2 Dec 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Sonoran Side Events 2023 · 18 Nov 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Ski Valley Solving 2023 · 2 Sep 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- AZCubing Hamilton Fall 2017 · 23 Sep 2017
- McDonogh Worlds Qualifier 2017 · 4 Jun 2017
- Slow N Steady Spring 2017 · 2 Apr 2017
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.
- Mia Sponseller — met in 39 rounds, finished ahead 10 times
- Quintin Audisho — met in 30 rounds, never finished ahead
- Jeremy Bulambot — met in 29 rounds, finished ahead twice
Next targets
- A sub-3 Pyraminx single — 4,700 people have one; it is 0.50 away.
- A sub-4 Skewb single — 7,977 people have one; it is 0.82 away.
Targets move as he improves.