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Joshua Ernst

2×2 · top 35.0% of 186,767 all-time · competing since May 2024 · 2024ERNS01

Joshua Ernst has been competing for 2 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 4.66, set at Skewb on the Madison Snow 2025, puts him in the top 35.0% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 13,956th in the United States. Across 4 competitions since May 2024, he has put 89 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one, an early reading from 5 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 27.20 in May 2024 to 21.31, a 22% improvement. Joshua has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 35.0% of 186,767 all-time
4.66
signature single · Skewb on the Madison Snow 2025
89
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
2×24.668.67
top 35.0%13,956 / 40,951
3×321.3127.63
top 43.6%25,001 / 59,724
Skewb10.2014.07
top 56.1%10,206 / 18,907
Pyraminx11.9416.80
top 66.8%19,752 / 28,708
3×3 one-handed43.771:02.22
top 70.2%10,086 / 15,683
Clock27.2434.78
top 80.6%7,125 / 8,927
4×42:17.28
early days — 1 solve16,767 / 19,072
5×53:49.03
early days — 1 solve8,466 / 9,401

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

Chicago Area Twist Spring A 2024: 27.20Pyraminx in Pewaukee 2024: 21.314x4 by Four Madison Lakes 2024: 25.65Skewb on the Madison Snow 2025: 24.1421.3127.2018 May 202415 Feb 2025

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-4 2×2 single — 49,452 people have one; it is 0.66 away.
  • A sub-20 3×3 single — 113,584 people have one; it is 1.31 away.

Targets move as he improves.