People · Australia
Joshua Liang
3×3 · top 0.8% of 289,612 all-time · competing since April 2019 · 2019LIAN10
Joshua Liang has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 6.43, set at Canberra Autumn 2022, puts him in the top 0.8% of the 289,612 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 86th in Australia. Until May 2011, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 9 competitions since April 2019, he has put 301 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 17% around a typical one; 94% of the 36,575 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 15.76 in April 2019 to 6.43, a 59% improvement. Joshua has entered nine competitions, more competitions than 91% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Australia | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 6.43 | 8.19 | top 0.8% | 86 / 11,949 | |
| 4×4 | 27.74 | 33.10 | top 1.7% | 46 / 3,109 | |
| 2×2 | 1.88 | 3.62 | top 4.1% | 319 / 8,729 | |
| 5×5 | 1:00.64 | 1:06.16 | top 6.0% | 82 / 1,413 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 18.63 | 25.07 | top 16.8% | 373 / 2,685 | |
| Megaminx | 1:13.92 | 1:27.24 | top 18.0% | 215 / 1,314 | |
| 6×6 | 2:20.06 | 2:35.88 | top 20.7% | 127 / 669 | |
| 7×7 | 4:00.93 | 4:16.45 | early days — 3 solves | 151 / 542 |
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
- 6 Dec 2025Three personal bests in one day at Australian Capital Territory Championship 2025.
- 12 Jul 2024Four personal bests in one day at Australian Nationals 2024.
- 7 May 2022First sub-10 3×3: 6.43 at Canberra Autumn 2022.
- 7 May 2022Five personal bests in one day at Canberra Autumn 2022.
- 25 Aug 2019First sub-15 3×3: 13.62 at Harold Park Classic 2019.
- 13 Apr 2019First competition: Koalafication Canberra 2019. A 16.68 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Canberra Spring Open 2026 · 19 Sep 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Australian Capital Territory Championship 2025 · 6 Dec 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Canberra Spring 2024 · 5 Oct 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Australian Nationals 2024 · 12 Jul 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- Chilling in Canberra Saturday 2024 · 22 Jun 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Canberra Autumn 2022 · 7 May 2022 — 5 personal bests set
- Harold Park Classic 2019 · 25 Aug 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Warm Up Canberra 2019 · 3 Jul 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Koalafication Canberra 2019 · 13 Apr 2019 — 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.
- James Kirschner — met in 46 rounds, finished ahead 20 times
- Liam Highducheck — met in 40 rounds, finished ahead once
- Atlas Alerre — met in 39 rounds, finished ahead 36 times
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,427 people have one; it is 0.43 away.
- A sub-25 4×4 single — 617 people have one; it is 2.74 away.
Targets move as he improves.
Your career, on a tee
His best official average, every solve of it, sorted the way the scorecard sorts them. Printed from the official results, no name on it. Tee, sweatshirt, hoodie or mug →