People · United Kingdom
Josh Newton
3×3 one-handed · top 1.9% of 73,695 all-time · competing since November 2019 · 2019NEWT02
Josh Newton has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the 3×3 one-handed: a personal-best single of 11.01, set at Essex Winter 2022, puts him in the top 1.9% of the 73,695 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 35th in the United Kingdom. Until July 2011, no official 3×3 one-handed solve in the world had been that fast. Across 7 competitions since November 2019, he has put 285 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 54% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 13.34 in November 2019 to 8.00, a 40% improvement. Josh 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 Kingdom | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 one-handed | 11.01 | 15.13 | top 1.9% | 35 / 1,851 | |
| 3×3 | 8.00 | 9.69 | top 2.8% | 225 / 6,689 | |
| 2×2 | 1.86 | 3.77 | top 3.9% | 281 / 4,895 | |
| 4×4 | 40.78 | 49.04 | top 13.0% | 301 / 2,071 | |
| 5×5 | 1:26.37 | 1:35.00 | top 24.4% | 327 / 1,151 |
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
- 28 Oct 2022Three personal bests in one day at Kewbz UK Championship 2022.
- 30 Apr 2022Six personal bests in one day at Stevenage Spring 2022.
- 29 Jan 2022First sub-10 3×3: 9.62 at Wakefield Open 2022.
- 29 Jan 2022Four personal bests in one day at Wakefield Open 2022.
- 23 Nov 2019First competition: Weston-super-Mare Open 2019. A 13.34 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Wiltshire Spring 2023 · 25 Mar 2023
- Essex Winter 2022 · 3 Dec 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Kewbz UK Championship 2022 · 28 Oct 2022 — 3 personal bests set
- Chester Spring 2022 · 14 May 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Stevenage Spring 2022 · 30 Apr 2022 — 6 personal bests set
- Wakefield Open 2022 · 29 Jan 2022 — 4 personal bests set
- Weston-super-Mare Open 2019 · 23 Nov 2019
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.
- Ben Stokes — met in 59 rounds, finished ahead 10 times
- Charlie Stark — met in 54 rounds, finished ahead 23 times
- Oliver Wheat — met in 52 rounds, finished ahead 29 times
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 one-handed single — 779 people have one; it is 1.01 away.
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 2.00 away.
Targets move as he improves.