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Joshua Kitchen
3×3 · top 5.6% of 284,439 all-time · competing since April 2022 · 2022KITC01
Joshua Kitchen has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.29, set at Edinburgh Winter 2026, puts him in the top 5.6% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 410th in the United Kingdom. Until February 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 14 competitions since April 2022, he has put 320 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 55% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 19.88 in April 2022 to 9.29, a 53% 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 | United Kingdom | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 9.29 | 10.55 | top 5.6% | 410 / 6,689 | |
| 2×2 | 3.18 | 4.94 | top 16.4% | 952 / 4,895 | |
| 4×4 | 52.26 | 56.49 | top 27.5% | 620 / 2,071 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 23.01 | 32.97 | top 28.8% | 524 / 1,851 | |
| Pyraminx | 9.56 | 13.57 | top 49.5% | 2,009 / 3,656 | |
| Skewb | 18.58 | 28.77 | top 87.2% | 2,159 / 2,421 | |
| 5×5 | 3:34.67 | — | early days — 1 solve | 1,094 / 1,151 |
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
- 20 Sep 2025First sub-10 3×3: 9.94 at Edinburgh Autumn 2025.
- 15 Jul 2023Three personal bests in one day at Edinburgh Summer 2023.
- 26 May 2023Three personal bests in one day at Glasgow Spring 2023.
- 28 May 2022First sub-15 3×3: 13.97 at Glasgow Open 2022.
- 17 Apr 2022First competition: Farnworth Spring D 2022. A 19.88 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Edinburgh Winter 2026 · 24 Jan 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Edinburgh Autumn 2025 · 20 Sep 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Newcastle upon Tyne Summer 2025 · 12 Jul 2025
- Glasgow 3x3 Evening March 2025 · 28 Mar 2025
- Glasgow 3x3 Evening 2024 · 9 Oct 2024
- Edinburgh Summer Open 2024 · 22 Jun 2024
- Glasgow Spring 2024 · 2 Mar 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- North Highlands Summer 2023 · 29 Jul 2023
- Edinburgh Summer 2023 · 15 Jul 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Glasgow Spring 2023 · 26 May 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- UK New Year Countdown 2023 · 31 Dec 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Lincoln Summer 2022 · 20 Aug 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Glasgow Open 2022 · 28 May 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Farnworth Spring D 2022 · 17 Apr 2022
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.
- Eleanor Sinnott — met in 63 rounds, finished ahead 8 times
- Bella Campbell — met in 62 rounds, never finished ahead
- Ryan Eckersley — met in 54 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.29 away.
- A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.18 away.
Targets move as he improves.