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Joshua Burton

3×3 · top 77.7% of 284,439 all-time · competing since March 2020 · 2020BURT02

Joshua Burton has been competing for 6 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 40.77, set at Green School Paarl Open 2022, puts him in the top 77.7% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,454th in South Africa. Across 4 competitions since March 2020, he has put 31 official solves on the record across four events. His 3×3 best has come down from 45.88 in March 2020 to 40.77, an 11% improvement. Joshua has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 77.7% of 284,439 all-time
40.77
signature single · Green School Paarl Open 2022
31
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingSouth Africa
3×340.7756.86
top 77.7%1,454 / 2,164
2×210.0914.89
top 78.3%975 / 1,510
Clock32.2140.29
top 87.0%129 / 148
Megaminx7:40.71
early days — 2 solves266 / 266

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

Cape Town Summer 2020: 45.88Green School Paarl Open 2022: 40.77CubingZA Cape Cubes Challenge 2023: 48.94Mid Summer Madness Cape Town 2024: 41.2440.7748.9414 Mar 202017 Feb 2024

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.

Next targets

  • A sub-40 3×3 single — 218,634 people have one; it is 0.77 away.
  • A sub-10 2×2 single — 145,545 people have one; it is 0.09 away.

Targets move as he improves.