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Joshua Aaron Maupin
Pyraminx · top 2.3% of 129,321 all-time · competing since May 2023 · 2023MAUP01
Joshua Aaron Maupin has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 2.56, set at Cubing with an Altitude Colorado 2024, puts him in the top 2.3% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 625th in the United States. Until January 2011, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 45 competitions since May 2023, he has put 1,356 official solves on the record across 15 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 87% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 19.51 in May 2023 to 10.01, a 49% improvement. Joshua has entered 45 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 2.56 | 4.11 | top 2.3% | 625 / 28,708 | |
| 2×2 | 2.03 | 4.58 | top 4.9% | 1,986 / 40,951 | |
| 3×3 | 10.01 | 12.29 | top 7.5% | 4,115 / 59,724 | |
| Skewb | 4.92 | 7.42 | top 17.5% | 2,772 / 18,907 | |
| Megaminx | 1:19.75 | 1:35.29 | top 21.6% | 1,489 / 7,841 | |
| 4×4 | 47.60 | 54.58 | top 21.6% | 3,275 / 19,072 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 35 moves | 42.67 | top 30.0% | 652 / 2,040 | |
| 5×5 | 1:44.29 | 1:52.00 | top 38.6% | 3,096 / 9,401 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 2:20.24 | — | top 40.2% | 847 / 2,092 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 27.54 | 32.27 | top 40.7% | 5,444 / 15,683 | |
| Clock | 15.14 | 18.00 | top 48.5% | 3,941 / 8,927 | |
| Square-1 | 30.55 | 38.46 | top 50.4% | 3,299 / 6,743 | |
| 3×3 Multi-Blind | 2 of 2 cubes · 18:06 | — | top 73.2% | 547 / 731 | |
| 6×6 | 4:32.33 | 5:09.89 | top 75.2% | 2,986 / 4,196 | |
| 7×7 | 6:42.39 | — | top 76.9% | 2,398 / 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
- 19 Apr 2025Four personal bests in one day at Longmont Open 2025.
- 12 Oct 2024Four personal bests in one day at Colorado Championship 2024.
- 17 Feb 2024Three personal bests in one day at Oredigger Open 2024.
- 9 Sep 2023First sub-15 3×3: 12.84 at Centennial State Cube-Off 2023.
- 9 Sep 2023Three personal bests in one day at Centennial State Cube-Off 2023.
- 24 Jun 2023Four personal bests in one day at Summer Solving Colorado 2023.
Competitions
- Rocky Mountain Championship 2026 · 21 Aug 2026
- Colorado Springs Spring 2026 · 11 Apr 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Wyominx 2026 · 28 Mar 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Unorthodox Blocks 5 CO 2026 · 21 Feb 2026
- Oredigger Open CO 2026 · 8 Feb 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Oredigger Fall CO 2025 · 22 Nov 2025
- Colorado Cubing Weekend 2025 · 6 Sep 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- FoCo Open 2025 · 30 Aug 2025
- Commerce City Cup 2025 · 10 Aug 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025 · 3 Jul 2025
- May the Cube Be Solved CO 2025 · 25 May 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Colorado Springs Spring 2025 · 17 May 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Pueblo Puzzling 2025 · 26 Apr 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Longmont Open 2025 · 19 Apr 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Happy Crew CO 2025 · 29 Mar 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Oredigger Open CO 2025 · 8 Mar 2025
- Denver Mini Blind 2025 · 22 Feb 2025 — 1 personal best set
- DeNxNver 2025 · 1 Feb 2025
- A Little Fun in Littleton Colorado 2025 · 18 Jan 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Winter Warmup CO 2025 · 11 Jan 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Centennial State Cube Off 2024 · 14 Dec 2024
- Unorthodox Blocks CO 2 2024 · 23 Nov 2024
- Colorado Championship 2024 · 12 Oct 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- Golden Touch 2024 · 5 Oct 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Colorado Quiet Championship 2024 · 14 Sep 2024
- Cubing with an Altitude Colorado 2024 · 31 Aug 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Back to School Colorado 2024 · 24 Aug 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Colorado Springs Showdown 2024 · 3 Aug 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Pretzel Mania Denver 2024 · 25 May 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Blind Faith Denver 2024 · 11 May 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Cherry on Top Colorado PM 2024 · 27 Apr 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Spring Madness Colorado 2024 · 9 Mar 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Oredigger Open 2024 · 17 Feb 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Barely Awake Boulder 2024 · 27 Jan 2024
- DeNxNver 2024 · 20 Jan 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- USAFA Flyby Cubing 2023 · 16 Dec 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Colorado Cold Hands Showdown 2023 · 2 Dec 2023
- CubingUSA Rocky Mountain Championship 2023 · 3 Nov 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Rocky Mountain Warm-Up 2023 · 28 Oct 2023
- The Art of the Cube Colorado 2023 · 14 Oct 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Colorado Pastacomp 2023 · 7 Oct 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Centennial State Cube-Off 2023 · 9 Sep 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Don't Fall Off Pikes Peak 2023 · 15 Jul 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Summer Solving Colorado 2023 · 24 Jun 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- Cubing In Creek 2023 · 20 May 2023
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.
- Evan Wilson — met in 283 rounds, finished ahead 25 times
- Stone Amsbaugh — met in 242 rounds, finished ahead 24 times
- Miles Walcott — met in 237 rounds, finished ahead 33 times
Next targets
- A sub-2 Pyraminx single — 1,476 people have one; it is 0.56 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.03 away.
Targets move as he improves.