People · United States
Josh Gonzalez
3×3 · top 7.6% of 284,439 all-time · competing since February 2023 · 2023GONZ08
Josh Gonzalez has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.06, set at UCSD Fall 2024, puts him in the top 7.6% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 4,193rd in the United States. Until May 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 17 competitions since February 2023, he has put 333 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 81% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. That figure sets aside his 13 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 15.14 in February 2023 to 10.06, a 34% improvement. Josh has entered 17 competitions, more competitions than 96% 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 | 10.06 | 12.26 | top 7.6% | 4,193 / 59,724 | |
| Clock | 9.43 | 13.91 | top 22.1% | 1,706 / 8,927 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.36 | 14.67 | top 22.7% | 6,119 / 28,708 | |
| 2×2 | 4.04 | 5.64 | top 27.0% | 10,665 / 40,951 | |
| 4×4 | 1:01.75 | 1:15.11 | top 38.4% | 6,209 / 19,072 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 27.61 | 34.29 | top 40.9% | 5,474 / 15,683 | |
| Skewb | 8.17 | 11.72 | top 42.6% | 7,446 / 18,907 | |
| Megaminx | 3:16.95 | — | top 79.9% | 6,309 / 7,841 | |
| 5×5 | 3:57.32 | — | early days — 1 solve | 8,636 / 9,401 | |
| Square-1 | 1:44.19 | — | early days — 1 solve | 6,613 / 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
- 29 Apr 2023First sub-15 3×3: 14.16 at Give Back RPV 2023.
- 25 Feb 2023First competition: Oak Valley Winter B 2023. A 15.14 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- UCSD Fall 2024 · 23 Nov 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Temecula Valley Fall 2024 · 26 Oct 2024
- Aliso Niguel Summer 2024 · 8 Sep 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Westview Cubing Favorites 2024 · 25 May 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Triton Tricubealon 2024 · 11 Feb 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Poway Cubing Winter 2024 · 20 Jan 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- UCSD Winter 2024 · 7 Jan 2024 — 1 personal best set
- UCSD Winter 2023 · 16 Dec 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Jurupa Valley Cubing Fall 2023 · 15 Oct 2023
- UCSD Extravaganza 2023 · 7 Oct 2023
- Irvine Fall 2023 · 24 Sep 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Corona Summer 2023 · 2 Sep 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- UCSD Summer 2023 · 5 Aug 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Poway Summer Cubing 2023 · 18 Jun 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- UCSD For Hemophilia 2023 · 3 Jun 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Give Back RPV 2023 · 29 Apr 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Oak Valley Winter B 2023 · 25 Feb 2023
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.
- August Barnard — met in 63 rounds, finished ahead 11 times
- Shane Grogan — met in 62 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Kyeongmin Choi (최경민) — met in 60 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.06 away.
- A sub-8 Clock single — 4,877 people have one; it is 1.43 away.
Targets move as he improves.