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Josh Pierce
3×3 · top 1.9% of 284,439 all-time · competing since January 2020 · 2020PIER01
Josh Pierce has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.48, set at UCSB Favorites 2025, puts him in the top 1.9% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,157th in the United States. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 10 competitions since January 2020, he has put 235 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 68% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 14.12 in January 2020 to 7.48, a 47% improvement. Josh has entered ten competitions, more competitions than 92% 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 | 7.48 | 10.91 | top 1.9% | 1,157 / 59,724 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 17.01 | 18.69 | top 12.6% | 1,631 / 15,683 | |
| Megaminx | 1:16.73 | 1:24.41 | top 19.7% | 1,353 / 7,841 | |
| 2×2 | 4.01 | 5.14 | top 26.6% | 10,519 / 40,951 | |
| 5×5 | 1:36.01 | 1:40.82 | top 32.3% | 2,559 / 9,401 | |
| 4×4 | 56.63 | 1:03.18 | top 32.7% | 5,190 / 19,072 | |
| Pyraminx | 10.41 | 12.34 | top 56.2% | 16,428 / 28,708 | |
| Skewb | 11.27 | 12.66 | top 62.3% | 11,505 / 18,907 | |
| 6×6 | 4:07.03 | — | early days — 2 solves | 2,642 / 4,196 | |
| 7×7 | 6:53.51 | — | early days — 1 solve | 2,473 / 3,184 |
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
- 1 Nov 2025Three personal bests in one day at UCSB Favorites 2025.
- 7 Jan 2024Four personal bests in one day at UCSD Winter 2024.
- 24 Sep 2022First sub-10 3×3: 7.97 at Marshall Cubing September 2022.
- 24 Sep 2022Three personal bests in one day at Marshall Cubing September 2022.
- 27 Aug 2022Three personal bests in one day at Marshall Middle Slice 2022.
- 18 Jan 2020First competition: UCSD Winter 2020. A 14.12 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- UCSB Favorites 2025 · 1 Nov 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- CubeChella 2024 · 14 Dec 2024
- Catalina Cube Mixer 2024 · 17 Feb 2024 — 1 personal best set
- UCSD Winter 2024 · 7 Jan 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- UCSD Winter 2023 · 16 Dec 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Cubing for Cancer RPV 2022 · 5 Nov 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Marshall Cubing September 2022 · 24 Sep 2022 — 3 personal bests set
- Marshall Middle Slice 2022 · 27 Aug 2022 — 3 personal bests set
- Mudd Winter 2020 · 22 Feb 2020 — 1 personal best set
- UCSD Winter 2020 · 18 Jan 2020
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.
- Michael Young — met in 33 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Shane Grogan — met in 33 rounds, finished ahead once
- Kyeongmin Choi (최경민) — met in 32 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.48 away.
- A sub-15 3×3 one-handed single — 5,987 people have one; it is 2.01 away.
Targets move as he improves.