People · United Kingdom
Josh Petcu
3×3 · top 37.6% of 284,439 all-time · competing since October 2022 · 2022PETC01
Josh Petcu has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 19.20, set at Reading Spring 2023, puts him in the top 37.6% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,561st in the United Kingdom. Across 4 competitions since October 2022, he has put 109 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one, an early reading from 6 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 29.93 in October 2022 to 19.20, a 36% 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 Kingdom | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 19.20 | 27.45 | top 37.6% | 2,561 / 6,689 | |
| Pyraminx | 8.72 | 10.89 | top 42.4% | 1,729 / 3,656 | |
| 2×2 | 5.41 | 6.66 | top 44.3% | 2,344 / 4,895 | |
| Skewb | 11.14 | 14.17 | top 61.6% | 1,492 / 2,421 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 1:06.04 | — | early days — 3 solves | 1,640 / 1,851 | |
| Clock | 37.70 | — | early days — 2 solves | 1,163 / 1,232 |
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
- 22 Apr 2023First sub-20 3×3: 19.20 at Reading Spring 2023.
- 22 Apr 2023Three personal bests in one day at Reading Spring 2023.
- 3 Dec 2022Five personal bests in one day at Essex Winter 2022.
- 1 Oct 2022First competition: Stevenage Autumn B 2022. A 29.93 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Hampshire Spring 2023 · 27 May 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Reading Spring 2023 · 22 Apr 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Essex Winter 2022 · 3 Dec 2022 — 5 personal bests set
- Stevenage Autumn B 2022 · 1 Oct 2022
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.
- Daniel Partridge — met in 26 rounds, never finished ahead
- Akshath Naveen Kumar — met in 21 rounds, never finished ahead
- Adam Swaine — met in 20 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 4.20 away.
- A sub-8 Pyraminx single — 46,752 people have one; it is 0.72 away.
Targets move as he improves.