People · United States
Josh Crook
4×4 · top 0.77% of 83,917 all-time · competing since November 2018 · 2018CROO01
Josh Crook has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 4×4: a personal-best single of 25.27, set at Algs in Ankeny 2024, puts him in the top 0.77% of the 83,917 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 125th in the United States. Until January 2014, no official 4×4 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 8 competitions since November 2018, he has put 331 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 66% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 14.34 in November 2018 to 7.75, a 46% improvement. Josh has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4×4 | 25.27 | 32.52 | top 0.77% | 125 / 19,072 | |
| Pyraminx | 2.46 | 2.68 | top 2.1% | 552 / 28,708 | |
| 3×3 | 7.75 | 9.35 | top 2.4% | 1,378 / 59,724 | |
| 5×5 | 53.06 | 55.09 | top 2.7% | 213 / 9,401 | |
| 6×6 | 1:39.59 | 1:48.32 | top 4.0% | 143 / 4,196 | |
| 2×2 | 1.89 | 3.60 | top 4.1% | 1,612 / 40,951 | |
| Skewb | 4.02 | 6.00 | top 11.0% | 1,704 / 18,907 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 18.70 | 22.38 | top 17.0% | 2,190 / 15,683 | |
| Megaminx | 1:24.70 | 1:42.03 | top 24.8% | 1,707 / 7,841 | |
| Square-1 | 19.73 | 22.23 | top 27.4% | 1,798 / 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 line so far
Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 18 Jan 2025Four personal bests in one day at Big Cube Battle of Waterloo 2025.
- 9 Mar 2024Six personal bests in one day at Algs in Ankeny 2024.
- 19 Nov 2022Four personal bests in one day at Iowa Fall 2022.
- 19 Oct 2019First sub-10 3×3: 9.74 at North Liberty 2019.
- 19 Oct 2019Three personal bests in one day at North Liberty 2019.
- 13 Jul 2019Four personal bests in one day at West Branch Summer 2019.
Competitions
- Big Cube Battle of Waterloo 2025 · 18 Jan 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Algs in Ankeny 2024 · 9 Mar 2024 — 6 personal bests set
- Iowa Fall 2022 · 19 Nov 2022 — 4 personal bests set
- North Liberty 2019 · 19 Oct 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- West Branch Summer 2019 · 13 Jul 2019 — 4 personal bests set
- CubingUSA Heartland Championship 2019 · 9 Mar 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- West Branch 2019 · 10 Feb 2019 — 5 personal bests set
- Independence Cube Day 2018 · 10 Nov 2018 — 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.
- Simon Kellum — met in 60 rounds, finished ahead 8 times
- Cale Schoon — met in 59 rounds, finished ahead 10 times
- Brandon Mikel — met in 48 rounds, finished ahead 45 times
Next targets
- A sub-25 4×4 single — 588 people have one; it is 0.27 away.
- A sub-2 Pyraminx single — 1,476 people have one; it is 0.46 away.
Targets move as he improves.