People · United States
Joshua Gao
3×3 · top 11.6% of 284,439 all-time · competing since April 2019 · 2019GAOJ01
Joshua Gao has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 11.36, set at Gobbler Cube Day Spring at VT 2025, puts him in the top 11.6% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 6,270th in the United States. Across 6 competitions since April 2019, he has put 60 official solves on the record across two events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 19% around a typical one; 98% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 17.62 in April 2019 to 11.36, a 36% 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 | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 11.36 | 14.11 | top 11.6% | 6,270 / 59,724 | |
| 2×2 | 4.81 | 6.56 | top 36.9% | 14,748 / 40,951 |
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
- 10 Feb 2024First sub-15 3×3: 13.70 at Cubing in the Lion's Den 2024.
- 7 Apr 2019First competition: Woodberry Forest School Cubing 2019. A 17.62 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Williamsburg Open Spring 2026 · 28 Mar 2026
- Gobbler Cube Day Winter at VT 2026 · 21 Feb 2026
- Gobbler Cube Day Spring at VT 2025 · 19 Apr 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- UMBC Winter 2024 · 2 Mar 2024
- Cubing in the Lion's Den 2024 · 10 Feb 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Woodberry Forest School Cubing 2019 · 7 Apr 2019
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.
- Siddharth Suresh — met in 10 rounds, finished ahead 7 times
- Bobby Mapp — met in 10 rounds, finished ahead once
- Robert Mapp IV — met in 10 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 1.36 away.
- A sub-4 2×2 single — 49,452 people have one; it is 0.81 away.
Targets move as he improves.