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Josh Rotholz

3×3 · top 27.1% of 284,439 all-time · competing since April 2008 · 2008ROTH01

Josh Rotholz has been competing for 18 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 15.78, set at Boulder 2009, puts him in the top 27.1% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 14,815th in the United States. Across 4 competitions since April 2008, he has put 139 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, an early reading from 8 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 18.28 in April 2008 to 15.78, a 14% improvement. Josh has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 27.1% of 284,439 all-time
15.78
signature single · Boulder 2009
139
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×315.7817.76
top 27.1%14,815 / 59,724
2×24.437.78
top 32.0%12,724 / 40,951
4×459.801:09.28
top 36.3%5,844 / 19,072
Megaminx1:45.151:56.82
top 37.6%2,711 / 7,841
5×51:51.302:04.18
top 43.5%3,562 / 9,401
Square-139.9459.32
top 65.3%4,288 / 6,743

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

Denver Open 2008: 18.28Boulder 2008: 17.33Denver Open 2009: 16.63Boulder 2009: 15.7815.7818.2812 Apr 200819 Sep 2009

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-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 0.78 away.
  • A sub-4 2×2 single — 49,452 people have one; it is 0.43 away.

Targets move as he improves.