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Joshua Elwood

3×3 · top 21.2% of 284,439 all-time · competing since January 2017 · 2017ELWO01

Joshua Elwood has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 14.06, set at Michigan Cubing Club Beta 2018, puts him in the top 21.2% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 11,419th in the United States. Across 7 competitions since January 2017, he has put 110 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 10% around a typical one, steadier than 98% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 15.89 in January 2017 to 14.06, a 12% improvement. Joshua has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 21.2% of 284,439 all-time
14.06
signature single · Michigan Cubing Club Beta 2018
110
official solves on the record
10%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 98% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×314.0617.25
top 21.2%11,419 / 59,724
2×24.226.12
top 29.3%11,633 / 40,951
Pyraminx7.579.16
top 32.6%9,161 / 28,708
Skewb6.959.85
top 33.3%5,576 / 18,907
3×3 one-handed44.5148.70
top 71.0%10,217 / 15,683
Square-148.57
top 74.8%4,931 / 6,743
4×41:52.51
early days — 1 solve14,399 / 19,072

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

Michigan Cubing Club Alpha 2017: 15.89Michigan Cubing Club Beta 2017: 17.92CubingUSA Nationals 2017: 15.29Michigan Cubing Club Alpha 2018: 16.19Michigan Cubing Club Beta 2018: 14.06CubingUSA Great Lakes Championship 2018: 15.423rd Coast Cubing 2019: 15.8914.0617.9221 Jan 201720 Jul 2019

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-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 2.06 away.
  • A sub-4 2×2 single — 49,452 people have one; it is 0.22 away.

Targets move as he improves.