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Joshua Carnes
3×3 · top 46.2% of 284,439 all-time · competing since October 2012 · 2012CARN01
Joshua Carnes has been competing for 14 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 22.31, set at Yale Spring 2014, puts him in the top 46.2% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 26,720th in the United States. Across 16 competitions since October 2012, he has put 189 official solves on the record across eleven 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 39.56 in October 2012 to 22.31, a 44% improvement. Joshua has entered 16 competitions, more competitions than 96% 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 | 22.31 | 26.06 | top 46.2% | 26,720 / 59,724 | |
| 3×3 Multi-Blind | 4 of 5 cubes · 30:20 | — | early days — 3 solves | 442 / 731 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 3:30.78 | — | early days — 3 solves | 1,276 / 2,092 | |
| 2×2 | 7.43 | 10.49 | top 63.8% | 26,273 / 40,951 | |
| 4×4 | 1:54.36 | 2:52.25 | top 79.0% | 14,612 / 19,072 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 57.41 | 1:09.58 | top 82.4% | 12,288 / 15,683 | |
| 5×5 | 3:24.68 | 5:42.65 | top 85.2% | 7,889 / 9,401 | |
| Skewb | 18.59 | 30.87 | top 87.3% | 16,789 / 18,907 | |
| 6×6 | 6:22.40 | — | early days — 3 solves | 3,861 / 4,196 | |
| 7×7 | 8:58.76 | — | early days — 1 solve | 3,026 / 3,184 | |
| Pyraminx | 50.09 | — | early days — 2 solves | 28,708 / 28,708 |
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
- 1 Aug 2014Four personal bests in one day at US Nationals 2014.
- 26 Oct 2013Three personal bests in one day at Yale Fall 2013.
- 26 Jul 2013Four personal bests in one day at World Rubik's Cube Championship 2013.
- 9 Mar 2013First sub-30 3×3: 28.27 at MIT Spring 2013.
- 2 Feb 2013Five personal bests in one day at Harvard Spring 2013.
- 6 Oct 2012First competition: Harvard Fall 2012. A 39.56 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- UMass ODS Fall 2016 · 10 Dec 2016 — 1 personal best set
- MIT Fall 2015 · 12 Dec 2015 — 1 personal best set
- GCC Fall 2014 · 27 Sep 2014
- US Nationals 2014 · 1 Aug 2014 — 4 personal bests set
- Lexington Spring 2014 · 12 Apr 2014
- Yale Spring 2014 · 30 Mar 2014 — 1 personal best set
- Williams Winter 2014 · 1 Mar 2014
- Lexington Fall 2013 · 23 Nov 2013 — 1 personal best set
- Yale Fall 2013 · 26 Oct 2013 — 3 personal bests set
- Harvard Fall 2013 · 5 Oct 2013 — 2 personal bests set
- World Rubik's Cube Championship 2013 · 26 Jul 2013 — 4 personal bests set
- Yale Spring 2013 · 21 Apr 2013 — 1 personal best set
- MIT Spring 2013 · 9 Mar 2013 — 1 personal best set
- Harvard Spring 2013 · 2 Feb 2013 — 5 personal bests set
- MIT Fall 2012 · 10 Nov 2012 — 2 personal bests set
- Harvard Fall 2012 · 6 Oct 2012
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.
- Tim Reynolds — met in 70 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Noa Arthurs — met in 48 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Kevin Costello III — met in 48 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-20 3×3 single — 113,584 people have one; it is 2.31 away.
- A sub-3:00 3×3 blindfolded single — 6,381 people have one; it is 30.78 away.
Targets move as he improves.