People · United States
Joshua Bartholomew
Skewb · top 5.0% of 74,164 all-time · competing since October 2023 · 2023BART20
Joshua Bartholomew has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the Skewb: a personal-best single of 2.99, set at Empire State Fall Favorites 2023, puts him in the top 5.0% of the 74,164 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 785th in the United States. Until February 2014, no official Skewb solve in the world had been that fast. Across 2 competitions since October 2023, he has put 37 official solves on the record across five events. His 3×3 best has come down from 18.58 in October 2023 to 12.60, a 32% improvement. Joshua has entered two competitions.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Skewb | 2.99 | 13.94 | top 5.0% | 785 / 19,164 | |
| 3×3 | 12.60 | 18.77 | top 16.1% | 8,726 / 60,666 | |
| 2×2 | 3.75 | 6.27 | top 23.4% | 9,302 / 41,674 | |
| Square-1 | 1:13.87 | — | early days — 2 solves | 6,219 / 6,846 | |
| Clock | 40.93 | — | early days — 2 solves | 8,635 / 9,172 |
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
- 13 Jul 2024First sub-15 3×3: 12.60 at Gouverneur 2024.
- 14 Oct 2023First competition: Empire State Fall Favorites 2023. A 18.58 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Gouverneur 2024 · 13 Jul 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Empire State Fall Favorites 2023 · 14 Oct 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.
- Saisabari Ramesh — met in 9 rounds, never finished ahead
- Evan Liu — met in 7 rounds, never finished ahead
- Avian Burt — met in 6 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
Next targets
- A sub-2 Skewb single — 1,031 people have one; it is 0.99 away.
- A sub-12 3×3 single — 40,277 people have one; it is 0.60 away.
Targets move as he improves.