People · United States
Joseph Wilkus
2×2 · top 9.7% of 186,767 all-time · competing since March 2024 · 2024WILK04
Joseph Wilkus has been competing for 2 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.58, set at Missouri Championship 2024, puts him in the top 9.7% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3,826th in the United States. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 7 competitions since March 2024, he has put 268 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 10% around a typical one, steadier than 93% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 16.83 in March 2024 to 12.23, a 27% improvement. Joseph has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 2.58 | 4.12 | top 9.7% | 3,826 / 40,951 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.04 | 7.70 | top 13.4% | 3,500 / 28,708 | |
| 3×3 | 12.23 | 13.31 | top 14.7% | 7,854 / 59,724 | |
| Clock | 8.87 | 11.19 | top 19.3% | 1,475 / 8,927 | |
| 4×4 | 48.92 | 57.42 | top 23.3% | 3,556 / 19,072 | |
| Square-1 | 18.23 | 22.03 | top 23.9% | 1,580 / 6,743 | |
| Megaminx | 1:33.89 | 1:53.65 | top 30.6% | 2,154 / 7,841 | |
| Skewb | 6.86 | 9.61 | top 32.5% | 5,444 / 18,907 | |
| 5×5 | 2:00.14 | 2:07.35 | top 49.3% | 4,132 / 9,401 | |
| 6×6 | 4:10.16 | 4:38.91 | top 68.8% | 2,687 / 4,196 | |
| 7×7 | 8:42.93 | — | early days — 1 solve | 2,984 / 3,184 |
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
- 16 Aug 2024Five personal bests in one day at Missouri Championship 2024.
- 3 Aug 2024Five personal bests in one day at KCKC 5 Fast and Furious 2024.
- 26 May 2024First sub-15 3×3: 13.34 at Missouri Summer Kickoff 2024.
- 2 Mar 2024First competition: Wichita Family ArtVenture 2024. A 18.19 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Doing Time in Leavenworth 2025 · 31 May 2025 — 1 personal best set
- KCKC 7 Big and Awkward 2025 · 1 Feb 2025 — 1 personal best set
- KCKC 6 Cubing for Cake 2024 · 12 Oct 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Missouri Championship 2024 · 16 Aug 2024 — 5 personal bests set
- KCKC 5 Fast and Furious 2024 · 3 Aug 2024 — 5 personal bests set
- Missouri Summer Kickoff 2024 · 26 May 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Wichita Family ArtVenture 2024 · 2 Mar 2024 — 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.
- Trenton Cuzick — met in 47 rounds, finished ahead 9 times
- Shawn Doyle — met in 44 rounds, finished ahead 37 times
- Zachary Johnson — met in 43 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
Next targets
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.58 away.
- A sub-5 Pyraminx single — 17,019 people have one; it is 0.04 away.
Targets move as he improves.