People · Canada
Joshua Emmett Arcaro
3×3 · top 8.1% of 288,433 all-time · competing since May 2023 · 2023ARCA02
Joshua Emmett Arcaro has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.19, set at Ottawa Spring 2026, puts him in the top 8.1% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 751st in Canada. Until May 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 6 competitions since May 2023, he has put 123 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one, an early reading from 9 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 15.74 in May 2023 to 10.19, a 35% improvement. Joshua has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 10.19 | 12.24 | top 8.1% | 751 / 10,502 | |
| 2×2 | 2.75 | 4.18 | top 11.5% | 768 / 7,245 | |
| Clock | 8.77 | 11.66 | top 18.7% | 158 / 1,057 | |
| Skewb | 6.65 | 13.48 | top 31.0% | 758 / 2,928 | |
| Pyraminx | 7.70 | 12.51 | top 33.8% | 1,525 / 4,913 | |
| 5×5 | 1:40.69 | 2:03.01 | top 36.0% | 461 / 1,546 | |
| 4×4 | 1:00.03 | 1:14.43 | top 36.6% | 989 / 3,180 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 28.91 | 38.84 | top 44.2% | 1,015 / 2,632 | |
| Square-1 | 1:00.27 | — | top 83.9% | 794 / 973 |
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
- 3 May 2025Four personal bests in one day at Ottawa Spring 2025.
- 26 Aug 2023First sub-15 3×3: 13.30 at Ajax 3x3x3 Afternoon 2023.
- 7 May 2023First competition: National Capital Region B 2023. A 20.21 3×3 single to start from.
- 7 May 2023First sub-20 3×3: 15.74 at National Capital Region B 2023.
Competitions
- Ottawa Side Events A 2026 · 18 Oct 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Ottawa Spring 2026 · 12 Apr 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Open de Gatineau 2025 · 7 Jun 2025
- Ottawa Spring 2025 · 3 May 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Ajax 3x3x3 Afternoon 2023 · 26 Aug 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- National Capital Region B 2023 · 7 May 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.
- YiFei Chen — met in 21 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Eris McElroy — met in 18 rounds, finished ahead 8 times
- Skye Mcfadzen — met in 17 rounds, finished ahead 12 times
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,606 people have one; it is 0.19 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 9,039 people have one; it is 0.75 away.
Targets move as he improves.