People · United States
Joshua Carey
2×2 · top 0.026% of 186,767 all-time · competing since June 2023 · 2023CARE06
Joshua Carey has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 0.57, set at Corny Cubers Iowa Classic 2025, puts him in the top 0.026% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 9th in the United States. Until March 2016, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 13 competitions since June 2023, he has put 581 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 72% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 22.20 in June 2023 to 7.77, a 65% improvement. Joshua has entered 13 competitions, more competitions than 94% 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 | 0.57 | 2.41 | top 0.026% | 9 / 40,951 | |
| 3×3 | 7.77 | 10.02 | top 2.4% | 1,403 / 59,724 | |
| Pyraminx | 2.81 | 5.43 | top 3.0% | 810 / 28,708 | |
| Clock | 5.08 | 6.59 | top 4.6% | 372 / 8,927 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 13.92 | 17.76 | top 6.0% | 833 / 15,683 | |
| Skewb | 4.13 | 7.45 | top 11.8% | 1,838 / 18,907 | |
| 4×4 | 46.06 | 56.29 | top 19.6% | 2,984 / 19,072 | |
| Megaminx | 1:34.79 | 1:52.08 | top 31.2% | 2,203 / 7,841 | |
| 5×5 | 1:53.94 | 2:08.65 | top 45.3% | 3,739 / 9,401 | |
| Square-1 | 29.99 | 41.29 | top 49.3% | 3,227 / 6,743 |
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
- 22 May 2026Three personal bests in one day at CubingUSA Heartland Championship 2026.
- 13 Sep 2025Three personal bests in one day at Corny Cubers Iowa Classic 2025.
- 22 Aug 2025Nine personal bests in one day at CubingUSA Heartland Championship 2025.
- 1 Mar 2025First sub-10 3×3: 9.50 at Cubing at Iowa State 2025.
- 1 Mar 2025Five personal bests in one day at Cubing at Iowa State 2025.
- 9 Mar 2024Six personal bests in one day at Algs in Ankeny 2024.
Competitions
- Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2026 · 2 Jul 2026
- CubingUSA Heartland Championship 2026 · 22 May 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Iowa Winter Cooldown 2026 · 28 Feb 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Corny Cubers Iowa Classic 2025 · 13 Sep 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- CubingUSA Heartland Championship 2025 · 22 Aug 2025 — 9 personal bests set
- Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025 · 3 Jul 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Algs in Ankeny 2025 · 24 May 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Cubing at Iowa State 2025 · 1 Mar 2025 — 5 personal bests set
- Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2024 · 18 Jul 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- CubingUSA Heartland Championship 2024 · 7 Jun 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Algs in Ankeny 2024 · 9 Mar 2024 — 6 personal bests set
- North Star Cubing Challenge 2024 · 20 Jan 2024 — 5 personal bests set
- CubingUSA Heartland Championship 2023 · 2 Jun 2023 — 2 personal bests set
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.
- Nathan Rahn — met in 104 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Shain Papalotl Longbehn — met in 95 rounds, finished ahead 49 times
- Trenton Cuzick — met in 95 rounds, finished ahead 40 times
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.77 away.
- A sub-2 Pyraminx single — 1,476 people have one; it is 0.81 away.
Targets move as he improves.