People · United States
Joshua Fermo
Pyraminx · top 1.7% of 130,891 all-time · competing since September 2022 · 2022FERM03
Joshua Fermo has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 2.29, set at Fort Lee Summer 2025, puts him in the top 1.7% of the 130,891 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 447th in the United States. Until July 2011, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 8 competitions since September 2022, he has put 262 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 60% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 19.69 in September 2022 to 10.05, a 49% improvement. Joshua has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 2.29 | 3.07 | top 1.7% | 447 / 29,168 | |
| 2×2 | 2.34 | 3.82 | top 7.4% | 2,983 / 41,674 | |
| 3×3 | 10.05 | 11.43 | top 7.6% | 4,258 / 60,666 | |
| Square-1 | 11.89 | 16.35 | top 9.7% | 691 / 6,846 | |
| Clock | 9.71 | 11.17 | top 23.5% | 1,846 / 9,172 | |
| 4×4 | 49.02 | 57.18 | top 23.6% | 3,635 / 19,354 | |
| Skewb | 5.71 | 6.70 | top 23.6% | 3,839 / 19,164 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 26.58 | 29.89 | top 38.4% | 5,171 / 15,900 |
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
- 2 Jul 2026Three personal bests in one day at Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2026.
- 2 Aug 2025Seven personal bests in one day at Fort Lee Summer 2025.
- 11 Jan 2025Three personal bests in one day at Pop Off Princeton 2025.
- 6 Apr 2024First sub-15 3×3: 12.33 at Ridgefield Spring 2024.
- 6 Apr 2024Seven personal bests in one day at Ridgefield Spring 2024.
- 10 Sep 2022First competition: Amherst Open 2022. A 20.62 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Liberty Science Center Fall B 2026 · 13 Sep 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2026 · 2 Jul 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Fort Lee Summer 2025 · 2 Aug 2025 — 7 personal bests set
- Pop Off Princeton 2025 · 11 Jan 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2024 · 18 Jul 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Ridgefield Spring 2024 · 6 Apr 2024 — 7 personal bests set
- Empire State Fall Favorites 2023 · 14 Oct 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Amherst Open 2022 · 10 Sep 2022 — 1 personal best 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.
- Carter Williams — met in 36 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
- Ryan Hughes — met in 36 rounds, finished ahead once
- Yuki Nagai — met in 36 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-2 Pyraminx single — 1,497 people have one; it is 0.29 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 9,039 people have one; it is 0.34 away.
Targets move as he improves.