People · South Africa
Josh Bester
Pyraminx · top 49.9% of 129,321 all-time · competing since March 2025 · 2025BEST03
Josh Bester has been competing for a year. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 9.61, set at Corner Brook 2025, puts him in the top 49.9% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 396th in South Africa. Across 1 competition since March 2025, he has put 27 official solves on the record across five events.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | South Africa | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 9.61 | 14.36 | top 49.9% | 396 / 946 | |
| 3×3 | 35.75 | 40.42 | top 71.5% | 1,266 / 2,164 | |
| 4×4 | 1:45.60 | 1:54.43 | top 74.2% | 295 / 491 | |
| 2×2 | 10.76 | 19.36 | top 80.7% | 1,031 / 1,510 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 1:48.27 | — | early days — 2 solves | 430 / 467 |
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
- 29 Mar 2025First competition: Corner Brook 2025. A 37.61 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Corner Brook 2025 · 29 Mar 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.
- Liam Pynn — met in 6 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Sakib Ibn Rashid Rhivu — met in 6 rounds, never finished ahead
- Julian Kim — met in 6 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-8 Pyraminx single — 46,752 people have one; it is 1.61 away.
- A sub-30 3×3 single — 177,856 people have one; it is 5.75 away.
Targets move as he improves.