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Joshua Ban

3×3 · top 0.32% of 284,439 all-time · competing since April 2022 · 2022BANJ01

Joshua Ban has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 5.68, set at Wide Bay Cubing 2026, puts him in the top 0.32% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 11th in Malaysia. Until June 2011, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 22 competitions since April 2022, he has put 951 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 88% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 19.14 in April 2022 to 5.68, a 70% improvement. Joshua has entered 22 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 0.32% of 284,439 all-time
5.68
signature single · Wide Bay Cubing 2026
951
official solves on the record
15%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 88% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingMalaysia
3×35.688.03
top 0.32%11 / 3,773
2×21.082.19
top 0.72%12 / 2,541
Pyraminx1.772.35
top 0.78%13 / 1,723
3×3 one-handed12.0216.83
top 3.0%38 / 1,327
Skewb2.754.02
top 3.8%46 / 1,053
Megaminx56.251:06.62
top 8.0%65 / 518
4×438.8842.29
top 10.8%185 / 1,219
5×51:21.311:43.83
top 20.1%169 / 617

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

Brisbane Autumn 2022: 19.14Queensland Open 2022: 16.45Northside Spring Saturday 2022: 10.83Brisbane Summer 2023: 9.61Runaway Bay May Saturday 2023: 8.95Queensland Open 2023: 9.35U Cube at UQ Sunday 2023: 9.04Australian Nationals 2023: 8.07QUT Qube Challenge Saturday 2023: 9.81Brisbane Summer 2024: 7.21Cubing in Corinda Saturday 2024: 8.77Queensland Open 2024: 7.67Chilling in Toowoomba 2024: 10.32MarsdeNxN 2024: 6.39Speedy Southport 2024: 7.88Brisbane Summer 2025: 7.98Brisbane Newcomers 2025: 7.70QLD State Championship 2025: 7.29Wide Bay Cubing 2025: 7.04Australian Nationals 2025: 7.24Wide Bay Cubing 2026: 5.68Queensland Open 2026: 7.735.6819.142 Apr 202227 Jun 2026

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.

  • Jamie Otsu — met in 175 rounds, finished ahead 58 times
  • Kyle Jones — met in 153 rounds, finished ahead 101 times
  • Matthew Ban — met in 152 rounds, finished ahead 51 times

Next targets

  • A sub-5 3×3 single — 344 people have one; it is 0.68 away.
  • A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.08 away.

Targets move as he improves.