People · United States
Josh Perkins
3×3 · top 4.5% of 288,433 all-time · competing since September 2015 · 2015PERK01
Josh Perkins has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.81, set at Music City Speedsolving 2017, puts him in the top 4.5% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,516th in the United States. Until May 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 4 competitions since September 2015, he has put 179 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 72% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 9.96 in September 2015 to 8.81, a 12% improvement. Josh has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% 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 | 8.81 | 10.31 | top 4.5% | 2,516 / 60,666 | |
| 2×2 | 2.69 | 3.52 | top 10.9% | 4,343 / 41,674 | |
| 4×4 | 39.16 | 43.81 | top 11.2% | 1,678 / 19,354 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 17.20 | 24.42 | top 13.2% | 1,719 / 15,900 | |
| 5×5 | 1:15.68 | 1:17.96 | top 16.0% | 1,255 / 9,537 | |
| 6×6 | 2:13.96 | 2:19.24 | top 17.5% | 624 / 4,262 | |
| 7×7 | 3:49.21 | 4:00.11 | early days — 3 solves | 768 / 3,236 | |
| Skewb | 11.04 | 12.88 | top 61.1% | 11,402 / 19,164 |
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
- 11 Mar 2017Four personal bests in one day at Music City Speedsolving 2017.
- 12 Sep 2015First competition: Music City Speedsolving 2015. A 10.32 3×3 single to start from.
- 12 Sep 2015First sub-10 3×3: 9.96 at Music City Speedsolving 2015.
Competitions
- Music City Speedsolving 2018 · 31 Aug 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Music City Speedsolving 2017 · 11 Mar 2017 — 4 personal bests set
- Music City Winter 2016 · 2 Jan 2016 — 1 personal best set
- Music City Speedsolving 2015 · 12 Sep 2015 — 2 personal bests 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.
- David Ludwig — met in 39 rounds, finished ahead 13 times
- Nicolás Sánchez — met in 30 rounds, finished ahead 8 times
- Katie Hull — met in 26 rounds, finished ahead 9 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 0.81 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 9,039 people have one; it is 0.69 away.
Targets move as he improves.