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Joshua Alba
3×3 · top 7.6% of 284,439 all-time · competing since August 2013 · 2013ALBA01
Joshua Alba has been competing for 13 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.04, set at Los Angeles Newcomers 2024, puts him in the top 7.6% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 4,162nd in the United States. Until May 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 4 competitions since August 2013, he has put 45 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, an early reading from 5 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 31.25 in August 2013 to 10.04, a 68% improvement. Joshua 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 States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 10.04 | 12.91 | top 7.6% | 4,162 / 59,724 | |
| 4×4 | 51.75 | 55.90 | top 26.9% | 4,133 / 19,072 | |
| Pyraminx | 7.63 | 13.02 | top 33.1% | 9,306 / 28,708 | |
| 2×2 | 4.79 | 5.18 | top 36.6% | 14,644 / 40,951 |
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
- 30 Mar 2024First sub-15 3×3: 12.92 at Los Angeles Newcomers 2024.
- 9 Aug 2014First sub-30 3×3: 15.41 at Nisei Week 2014.
- 9 Aug 2014First sub-20 3×3: 15.41 at Nisei Week 2014.
- 17 Aug 2013First competition: Nisei Week 2013. A 31.25 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- City of STEM LA 2026 · 26 Apr 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Los Angeles Newcomers 2024 · 30 Mar 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Nisei Week 2014 · 9 Aug 2014 — 1 personal best set
- Nisei Week 2013 · 17 Aug 2013
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.
- Liv Coverdale — met in 7 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
- August Barnard — met in 7 rounds, finished ahead once
- Brendyn Dunagan — met in 7 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.04 away.
- A sub-50 4×4 single — 20,746 people have one; it is 1.75 away.
Targets move as he improves.