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Joshua Gao

3×3 Multi-Blind · top 0.14% of 4,268 all-time · competing since June 2023 · 2023GAOJ02

Joshua Gao has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3 Multi-Blind: a personal-best single of 59 of 64 cubes · 59:53, set at Richardshhhon 2026, puts him in the top 0.14% of the 4,268 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 4th in the United States. Across 26 competitions since June 2023, he has put 878 official solves on the record across 17 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 92% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 10.71 in June 2023 to 8.47, a 21% improvement. Joshua has entered 26 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3 Multi-Blind
best event — top 0.14% of 4,268 all-time
59 of 64 cubes · 59:53
signature single · Richardshhhon 2026
878
official solves on the record
11%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 92% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×3 Multi-Blind59 of 64 cubes · 59:53—
top 0.14%4 / 731
3×3 blindfolded19.1220.79
top 1.1%25 / 2,092
4×4 blindfolded1:36.762:05.05
top 1.2%6 / 440
2×21.432.56
top 1.9%734 / 40,951
3×3 one-handed11.1116.07
top 1.9%310 / 15,683
5×5 blindfolded4:28.724:36.80
top 3.0%6 / 218
3×38.479.18
top 3.7%2,080 / 59,724
4×431.5037.09
top 3.8%612 / 19,072
Pyraminx3.286.12
top 4.6%1,203 / 28,708
Square-19.9613.94
top 6.0%439 / 6,743
5×51:01.431:13.03
top 6.3%511 / 9,401
Clock5.987.35
top 7.2%563 / 8,927
3×3 Fewest Moves27 moves32.00
top 8.0%187 / 2,040
Skewb3.925.58
top 10.3%1,587 / 18,907
Megaminx1:10.551:18.57
top 16.0%1,091 / 7,841
6×62:19.842:31.58
top 20.4%715 / 4,196
7×73:35.063:47.61
top 21.5%610 / 3,184

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

CubingUSA Southern Championship 2023: 10.71Texas Championship 2023: 9.76DFW Cubing Spring 2024: 9.12Austin NxN 2024: 9.25Austin Cubing Limits Winter 2025: 8.47Austin Spring Open 2025: 8.73Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025: 9.85Round Rock Splash & Solve 2026: 8.80Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2026: 8.538.4710.7122 Jun 20232 Jul 2026

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-15 3×3 blindfolded single — 19 people have one; it is 4.12 away.
  • A sub-1:30 4×4 blindfolded single — 16 people have one; it is 6.76 away.

Targets move as he improves.