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Joseph Peterson
3×3 · top 3.9% of 284,439 all-time · competing since May 2026 · 2026PETE09
Joseph Peterson has been competing for 3 months. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.57, set at West Coast Cubing Western Championship 2026, puts him in the top 3.9% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,194th in the United States. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 1 competition since May 2026, he has put 45 official solves on the record across eight events.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 8.57 | 10.10 | top 3.9% | 2,194 / 59,724 | |
| 2×2 | 3.49 | 3.94 | top 20.1% | 7,889 / 40,951 | |
| Pyraminx | 7.05 | 10.56 | top 28.3% | 7,796 / 28,708 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 25.28 | 32.74 | top 34.9% | 4,614 / 15,683 | |
| 4×4 | 1:18.98 | — | early days — 2 solves | 9,416 / 19,072 | |
| Megaminx | 2:55.95 | — | early days — 2 solves | 5,649 / 7,841 | |
| Skewb | 14.34 | 17.49 | top 76.1% | 14,438 / 18,907 | |
| Square-1 | 1:04.36 | — | early days — 2 solves | 5,804 / 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 story so far
- 23 May 2026First competition: West Coast Cubing Western Championship 2026. A 8.64 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- West Coast Cubing Western Championship 2026 · 23 May 2026 — 1 personal best set
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.
- Sylvester Slavet-Burr — met in 11 rounds, finished ahead 8 times
- Jacob Ramirez — met in 11 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
- Daniel Cho — met in 11 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.57 away.
- A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.49 away.
Targets move as he improves.