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Joshua Bell

2×2 · top 23.7% of 186,767 all-time · competing since March 2022 · 2022BELL03

Joshua Bell has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 3.78, set at Lake Erie Showdown 2022, puts him in the top 23.7% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 9,294th in the United States. Across 6 competitions since March 2022, he has put 99 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one, an early reading from 6 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 29.37 in March 2022 to 16.78, a 43% improvement. Joshua has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 23.7% of 186,767 all-time
3.78
signature single · Lake Erie Showdown 2022
99
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
2×23.786.16
top 23.7%9,294 / 40,951
3×316.7825.48
top 30.3%16,677 / 59,724
Pyraminx7.3910.58
top 31.1%8,672 / 28,708
Skewb7.9211.14
top 40.7%7,042 / 18,907
Clock21.5723.73
top 69.0%5,948 / 8,927
3×3 one-handed46.0949.60
top 72.8%10,519 / 15,683
4×42:25.50
early days — 2 solves17,305 / 19,072
Megaminx4:22.80
early days — 2 solves7,478 / 7,841
5×54:27.33
early days — 2 solves8,987 / 9,401

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

Florida Spring A 2022: 29.37Lake Erie Showdown 2022: 26.02Holiday Open 2023: 16.78Tally Spring 2023: 23.53CubingUSA Nationals 2023: 19.06Cubing Knights V 2023: 20.9516.7829.3712 Mar 202216 Dec 2023

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.

  • Noah Swor — met in 18 rounds, never finished ahead
  • Carter Bitz — met in 16 rounds, finished ahead once
  • Katie Hull — met in 16 rounds, never finished ahead

Next targets

  • A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.78 away.
  • A sub-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 1.78 away.

Targets move as he improves.