People · Australia
Joshua Borg
2×2 · top 3.9% of 186,767 all-time · competing since November 2022 · 2022BORG06
Joshua Borg has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.85, set at Victorian Open 2023, puts him in the top 3.9% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 298th in Australia. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 9 competitions since November 2022, he has put 204 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 53% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 27.55 in November 2022 to 13.10, a 52% improvement. Joshua has entered nine competitions, more competitions than 91% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Australia | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 1.85 | 4.76 | top 3.9% | 298 / 8,567 | |
| Skewb | 4.63 | 12.33 | top 15.4% | 400 / 3,534 | |
| 3×3 | 13.10 | 14.89 | top 17.8% | 1,581 / 11,709 | |
| Pyraminx | 8.24 | 10.39 | top 38.2% | 2,052 / 5,993 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 31.64 | 40.15 | top 50.4% | 1,170 / 2,659 | |
| 4×4 | 1:22.54 | — | top 57.9% | 1,616 / 3,051 |
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
- 2 Mar 2024Four personal bests in one day at Altona Algorithms 2024.
- 20 May 2023First sub-15 3×3: 14.50 at St Oliver's Speedy Saturday 2023.
- 18 Mar 2023Three personal bests in one day at Speedcubing at Seaworks 2023.
- 25 Feb 2023First sub-20 3×3: 16.92 at Brilliant Ballarat 2023.
- 25 Feb 2023Three personal bests in one day at Brilliant Ballarat 2023.
- 20 Jan 2023Four personal bests in one day at Melbourne Summer 2023.
Competitions
- The Big Cube Melbourne 2024 · 20 Jul 2024
- Cubing at The Game Expo 2024 · 23 Mar 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Altona Algorithms 2024 · 2 Mar 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- Victorian Open 2023 · 1 Jul 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- St Oliver's Speedy Saturday 2023 · 20 May 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Speedcubing at Seaworks 2023 · 18 Mar 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Brilliant Ballarat 2023 · 25 Feb 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Melbourne Summer 2023 · 20 Jan 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- Melbourne Cube Days 2022 · 12 Nov 2022
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.
- Myles Jarman — met in 45 rounds, never finished ahead
- Phoenix Patterson — met in 45 rounds, never finished ahead
- Roman Rudakov — met in 45 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.85 away.
- A sub-4 Skewb single — 7,977 people have one; it is 0.63 away.
Targets move as he improves.