People · Paraguay
Joshua Giesbrecht
2×2 · top 4.4% of 186,767 all-time · competing since July 2019 · 2019GIES01
Joshua Giesbrecht has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.95, set at Ben's CubeMakers Asunción 2024, puts him in the top 4.4% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 5th in Paraguay. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 14 competitions since July 2019, he has put 488 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 68% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 52.58 in July 2019 to 9.48, an 82% improvement. Joshua has entered 14 competitions, more competitions than 95% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Paraguay | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 1.95 | 3.23 | top 4.4% | 5 / 200 | |
| 3×3 | 9.48 | 11.25 | top 6.1% | 14 / 345 | |
| 4×4 | 40.28 | 47.47 | top 12.4% | 7 / 84 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.36 | 8.46 | top 15.5% | 14 / 111 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 18.40 | 22.75 | top 16.2% | 12 / 91 | |
| Skewb | 5.86 | 9.72 | top 24.7% | 25 / 63 | |
| 5×5 | 1:42.83 | 1:50.43 | top 37.5% | 12 / 41 | |
| Square-1 | 39.27 | 41.53 | top 64.5% | 16 / 21 |
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
- 12 Oct 2024Three personal bests in one day at Paraguay Nationals 2024.
- 31 Aug 2024First sub-10 3×3: 9.48 at Grido Cubea Asunción 2024.
- 20 Apr 2024Four personal bests in one day at Ben's CubeMakers Asunción 2024.
- 3 Mar 2024Five personal bests in one day at Los Árboles Eventos 2024.
- 17 Dec 2023Four personal bests in one day at Paraguay Nationals 2023.
- 30 Jul 2022First sub-15 3×3: 14.23 at CCPA Open 2022.
Competitions
- UCOM Paraguay 2026 · 25 Apr 2026
- San Lorenzo Off 2024 · 1 Dec 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Paraguay Nationals 2024 · 12 Oct 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Grido Cubea Asunción 2024 · 31 Aug 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Cordillera Cubea 2024 · 6 Jul 2024 — 1 personal best set
- CCPA Open 2024 · 15 Jun 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Ben's CubeMakers Asunción 2024 · 20 Apr 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- Los Árboles Eventos 2024 · 3 Mar 2024 — 5 personal bests set
- Paraguay Nationals 2023 · 17 Dec 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- Anguja Open SIL 2023 · 21 Oct 2023 — 1 personal best set
- CCPA Open 2022 · 30 Jul 2022 — 5 personal bests set
- Paraguay Nationals 2021 · 11 Dec 2021 — 2 personal bests set
- Paraguay Nationals 2019 · 19 Oct 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- La Galería Cubes 2019 · 27 Jul 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.
- Elias Miguel Acosta Acosta — met in 68 rounds, finished ahead 49 times
- Kenji Julián Cáceres Matsumoto — met in 68 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Martin Alejandro Benítez López — met in 59 rounds, finished ahead 9 times
Next targets
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.95 away.
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.48 away.
Targets move as he improves.