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Joseph Silver
3×3 · top 5.0% of 284,439 all-time · competing since October 2025 · 2025SILV63
Joseph Silver has been competing for 11 months. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.06, set at Bay Area Speedcubin' 68 - Belmont 2025, puts him in the top 5.0% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,795th in the United States. Until May 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 3 competitions since October 2025, he has put 80 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, an early reading from 6 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 12.40 in October 2025 to 9.06, a 27% improvement. Joseph has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% 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 | 9.06 | 12.68 | top 5.0% | 2,795 / 59,724 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 17.26 | 23.39 | top 13.2% | 1,707 / 15,683 | |
| 4×4 | 42.46 | 54.16 | top 15.0% | 2,260 / 19,072 | |
| 2×2 | 3.35 | 4.95 | top 18.4% | 7,199 / 40,951 | |
| Clock | 9.06 | — | early days — 3 solves | 1,557 / 8,927 | |
| Square-1 | 18.41 | 26.63 | top 24.4% | 1,609 / 6,743 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 2:01.48 | — | early days — 3 solves | 700 / 2,092 |
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
- 19 Apr 2026Three personal bests in one day at Duper Super Davis Spring 2026.
- 13 Dec 2025First sub-10 3×3: 9.06 at Bay Area Speedcubin' 68 - Belmont 2025.
- 4 Oct 2025First competition: Berkeley Fall 2025. A 14.04 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Duper Super Davis Spring 2026 · 19 Apr 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 68 - Belmont 2025 · 13 Dec 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Berkeley Fall 2025 · 4 Oct 2025 — 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.
- Paul Mahvi — met in 18 rounds, finished ahead once
- Brandon Yee — met in 18 rounds, finished ahead once
- Jason Ostdiek — met in 18 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.06 away.
- A sub-15 3×3 one-handed single — 5,987 people have one; it is 2.26 away.
Targets move as he improves.