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Josh Silverman

3×3 · top 55.2% of 284,439 all-time · competing since May 2005 · 2005SILV01

Josh Silverman has been competing for 21 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 26.22, set at Horace Mann Spring competition 2005, puts him in the top 55.2% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 32,522nd in the United States. Across 2 competitions since May 2005, he has put 18 official solves on the record across four events. Josh has entered two competitions.

3×3
best event — top 55.2% of 284,439 all-time
26.22
signature single · Horace Mann Spring competition 2005
18
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×326.2237.00
top 55.2%32,522 / 59,724
2×27.1521.14
top 61.7%25,355 / 40,951
3×3 one-handed1:21.54
early days — 3 solves14,329 / 15,683
4×42:55.02
early days — 2 solves18,430 / 19,072

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

Horace Mann Spring competition 2005: 26.22Rubik's World Championship 2005: 26.3526.2226.3528 May 20055 Nov 2005

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-25 3×3 single — 149,621 people have one; it is 1.22 away.
  • A sub-6 2×2 single — 95,042 people have one; it is 1.15 away.

Targets move as he improves.