People · United States
Joshua Block
3×3 · top 9.0% of 284,439 all-time · competing since December 2021 · 2021BLOC01
Joshua Block has been competing for 5 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.53, set at Door County Cube Challenge 2023, puts him in the top 9.0% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 4,952nd in the United States. Until August 2006, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 7 competitions since December 2021, he has put 154 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 17% around a typical one; 95% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 12.98 in December 2021 to 10.53, a 19% improvement. Joshua has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% 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 | 10.53 | 14.00 | top 9.0% | 4,952 / 59,724 | |
| 2×2 | 2.95 | 4.53 | top 13.7% | 5,371 / 40,951 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.90 | 10.85 | top 27.1% | 7,416 / 28,708 | |
| Skewb | 8.48 | 14.27 | top 44.9% | 7,902 / 18,907 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 29.43 | 39.11 | top 45.3% | 6,145 / 15,683 | |
| 4×4 | 1:19.88 | 1:37.37 | top 55.8% | 9,567 / 19,072 |
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
- 18 Dec 2021First competition: Sioux Falls Winter 2021. A 12.98 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Door County Cube Challenge 2023 · 20 May 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Dubuque Winter 2023 · 5 Feb 2023
- Mt. Prospect Open 2022 · 8 Oct 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Michigan Cubing Club Alpha 2022 · 18 Jun 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Puzzles at Wisconsin Spring 2022 · 28 May 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- NA Stadium Series - Green Bay 2022 · 5 Mar 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Sioux Falls Winter 2021 · 18 Dec 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.
- Brian Johnson — met in 24 rounds, never finished ahead
- Simon Kellum — met in 20 rounds, never finished ahead
- Carter Kucala — met in 19 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.53 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.95 away.
Targets move as he improves.