People · United States
Joshua Diamond
3×3 · top 6.9% of 288,433 all-time · competing since November 2021 · 2021DIAM01
Joshua Diamond has been competing for 5 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.77, set at PA-retzel Mania Winter 2025, puts him in the top 6.9% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3,809th in the United States. Until October 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 16 competitions since November 2021, he has put 429 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one; 92% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 19.39 in November 2021 to 9.77, a 50% 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 | 9.77 | 13.22 | top 6.9% | 3,809 / 60,666 | |
| 2×2 | 2.99 | 3.95 | top 14.2% | 5,646 / 41,674 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.51 | 11.28 | top 24.0% | 6,609 / 29,168 | |
| 4×4 | 57.58 | 1:04.48 | top 33.9% | 5,489 / 19,354 | |
| Square-1 | 27.66 | 37.89 | top 45.0% | 2,962 / 6,846 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 33.09 | 44.29 | top 53.7% | 7,529 / 15,900 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 4:55.92 | — | early days — 3 solves | 1,651 / 2,128 | |
| Megaminx | 3:14.12 | — | top 79.1% | 6,371 / 8,026 | |
| Skewb | 15.77 | 21.61 | top 80.7% | 15,650 / 19,164 | |
| Clock | 44.90 | — | early days — 2 solves | 8,796 / 9,172 |
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 Feb 2025First sub-10 3×3: 9.77 at PA-retzel Mania Winter 2025.
- 22 Feb 2025Four personal bests in one day at PA-retzel Mania Winter 2025.
- 12 Oct 2024Three personal bests in one day at CubingUSA Mid-Atlantic Championship 2024.
- 4 May 2024Three personal bests in one day at Cubing at Carson 2024.
- 10 Feb 2024Three personal bests in one day at Cubing in the Lion's Den 2024.
- 3 Dec 2022Three personal bests in one day at Crystal City Fall 2022.
Competitions
- Front Royal Spring 2025 · 13 Apr 2025
- Slow N Steady UMD Spring 2025 · 23 Mar 2025
- PA-retzel Mania Winter 2025 · 22 Feb 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- CubingUSA Mid-Atlantic Championship 2024 · 12 Oct 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Pretzel Mania Summer 2024 · 31 Aug 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Cubing at Carson 2024 · 4 May 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Cubing in the Lion's Den 2024 · 10 Feb 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Pretzel Mania Summer 2023 · 2 Sep 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Potomac Spring 2023 · 1 Apr 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Dunkirk Winter 2023 · 14 Jan 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Crystal City Fall 2022 · 3 Dec 2022 — 3 personal bests set
- Slow N Steady Fall 2022 · 29 Oct 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Silver Spring Summer 2022 · 13 Aug 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Owings Mills Summer 2022 · 16 Jul 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- River Hill Spring 2022 · 14 May 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Slow N Steady Fall 2021 · 20 Nov 2021
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.
- Panashe Sharma — met in 80 rounds, finished ahead once
- Pierce Tickle — met in 70 rounds, finished ahead 20 times
- Brayden Adams — met in 67 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 1.77 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 9,039 people have one; it is 0.99 away.
Targets move as he improves.