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Josh Horowitz

3×3 · top 22.3% of 284,439 all-time · competing since December 2018 · 2018HORO02

Josh Horowitz has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 14.38, set at Indiana Finally Returns 2023, puts him in the top 22.3% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 12,048th in the United States. Across 8 competitions since December 2018, he has put 137 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 76% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 28.93 in December 2018 to 14.38, a 50% improvement. Josh has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 22.3% of 284,439 all-time
14.38
signature single · Indiana Finally Returns 2023
137
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 76% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×314.3817.36
top 22.3%12,048 / 59,724
2×24.006.71
top 26.5%10,457 / 40,951
Pyraminx9.4711.22
top 48.8%14,148 / 28,708
4×41:20.99
top 56.7%9,762 / 19,072
3×3 one-handed36.2148.89
top 59.5%8,333 / 15,683
Skewb13.1017.09
top 71.1%13,387 / 18,907
Megaminx3:28.16
early days — 2 solves6,615 / 7,841
5×54:04.44
early days — 3 solves8,750 / 9,401

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

Imagination Station 2018: 28.93Arnold Classic North America 2019: 33.27Indianapolis Cubes 2019: 30.23Indianapolis Cubes Winter 2019: 21.61Gem City 2022: 16.19Indiana Finally Returns 2023: 14.38Fort Wayne Favorites 2023: 17.36Nimble Hands in Noblesville 2024: 14.9914.3833.2715 Dec 201821 Jan 2024

Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.

The story so far

Competitions

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.

Next targets

  • A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 2.38 away.
  • A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 1.00 away.

Targets move as he improves.