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Joshua Chu

3×3 · top 36.7% of 284,439 all-time · competing since November 2014 · 2014CHUJ01

Joshua Chu has been competing for 12 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 18.86, set at SacCubing I 2017, puts him in the top 36.7% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 20,644th in the United States. Across 7 competitions since November 2014, he has put 81 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one, an early reading from 7 counted rounds. That figure sets aside his 3 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 37.64 in November 2014 to 18.86, a 50% improvement. Joshua has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 36.7% of 284,439 all-time
18.86
signature single · SacCubing I 2017
81
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×318.8619.72
top 36.7%20,644 / 59,724
2×26.068.08
top 51.5%21,001 / 40,951
Pyraminx12.4116.26
top 69.7%20,643 / 28,708
Skewb18.6125.17
top 87.3%16,795 / 18,907

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

BASC 4: Día de los Cubos 2014: 37.64Berkeley Spring 2015: 31.97Berkeley Fall 2015: 29.63Bay Area Speedcubin' 8 2016: 24.80Reno Fall 2016: 19.00SacCubing I 2017: 18.86SacCubing V 2018: 23.2618.8637.642 Nov 201425 Aug 2018

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.

  • Paul Mahvi — met in 19 rounds, never finished ahead
  • Ryan Jew — met in 14 rounds, never finished ahead
  • Mitchell Lane — met in 12 rounds, never finished ahead

Next targets

  • A sub-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 3.86 away.
  • A sub-6 2×2 single — 95,042 people have one; it is 0.06 away.

Targets move as he improves.