People · United States
Joshua Benson Williams
2×2 · top 5.3% of 189,179 all-time · competing since July 2021 · 2021WILL05
Joshua Benson Williams has been competing for 5 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.08, set at Burley Summer 2024, puts him in the top 5.3% of the 189,179 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,149th in the United States. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 10 competitions since July 2021, he has put 343 official solves on the record across 14 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 77% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 20.10 in July 2021 to 9.97, a 50% improvement. Joshua has entered ten competitions, more competitions than 92% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 2.08 | 2.81 | top 5.3% | 2,149 / 41,674 | |
| 3×3 | 9.97 | 12.96 | top 7.4% | 4,124 / 60,666 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.72 | 8.12 | top 18.0% | 4,857 / 29,168 | |
| Skewb | 5.00 | 9.03 | top 18.2% | 2,909 / 19,164 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 20.31 | 24.89 | top 21.4% | 2,766 / 15,900 | |
| 4×4 | 49.88 | 1:02.02 | top 24.7% | 3,814 / 19,354 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 35 moves | — | early days — 1 solve | 661 / 2,059 | |
| Megaminx | 1:50.62 | 2:05.00 | top 40.8% | 3,038 / 8,026 | |
| Square-1 | 27.37 | 36.44 | top 44.4% | 2,926 / 6,846 | |
| 5×5 | 1:59.93 | 2:16.07 | top 49.3% | 4,196 / 9,537 | |
| Clock | 16.69 | 19.80 | top 54.4% | 4,637 / 9,172 | |
| 6×6 | 3:47.11 | 4:36.45 | early days — 3 solves | 2,402 / 4,262 | |
| 7×7 | 7:21.64 | — | early days — 1 solve | 2,686 / 3,236 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 5:36.39 | — | early days — 1 solve | 1,759 / 2,128 |
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 Oct 2024First sub-10 3×3: 9.97 at Snake River Speedsolving 2024.
- 11 May 2024Three personal bests in one day at Burley Summer 2024.
- 14 Jan 2023Three personal bests in one day at Idaho Freeze Dried 2023.
- 17 Dec 2022Three personal bests in one day at Back to Square-1 Idaho 2022.
- 7 May 2022Three personal bests in one day at Going Slow in Idaho 2022.
- 19 Feb 2022Five personal bests in one day at Going Fast in Idaho 2022.
Competitions
- Snake River Speedsolving 2024 · 19 Oct 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Burley Summer 2024 · 11 May 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Spooky Solving Idaho 2023 · 28 Oct 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Idaho Freeze Dried 2023 · 14 Jan 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Back to Square-1 Idaho 2022 · 17 Dec 2022 — 3 personal bests set
- Gem State Side Events 2022 · 17 Sep 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Going Slow in Idaho 2022 · 7 May 2022 — 3 personal bests set
- Going Fast in Idaho 2022 · 19 Feb 2022 — 5 personal bests set
- Idaho Spudcubing II 2021 · 11 Dec 2021 — 3 personal bests set
- Idaho Summer B 2021 · 17 Jul 2021
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.
- Damian Wilding — met in 73 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
- Jack Martin — met in 55 rounds, finished ahead 20 times
- Isaac Myers — met in 55 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
Next targets
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 9,039 people have one; it is 0.08 away.
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 1.97 away.
Targets move as he improves.