People · Canada
Joshua Lin Xu
3×3 · top 7.6% of 284,439 all-time · competing since August 2013 · 2013XUJO01
Joshua Lin Xu has been competing for 13 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.05, set at Pickering A 2023, puts him in the top 7.6% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 707th in Canada. Until May 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 6 competitions since August 2013, he has put 94 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 10% around a typical one, an early reading from 8 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 16.78 in August 2014 to 10.05, a 40% 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 | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 10.05 | 11.87 | top 7.6% | 707 / 10,392 | |
| 4×4 | 37.13 | 41.86 | top 8.8% | 207 / 3,118 | |
| 2×2 | 2.93 | 3.45 | top 13.4% | 901 / 7,173 | |
| 5×5 | 1:18.99 | 1:22.93 | top 18.3% | 216 / 1,499 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.50 | 9.91 | top 23.8% | 1,020 / 4,858 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 25.86 | 31.47 | top 36.5% | 801 / 2,620 |
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
- 15 Oct 2016Four personal bests in one day at Vancouver Fall 2016.
- 6 Feb 2016First sub-15 3×3: 14.65 at Vancouver Open Winter 2016.
- 3 Aug 2013First competition: Vancouver Open Summer 2013.
Competitions
- Pickering A 2023 · 18 Mar 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Vancouver Fall 2016 · 15 Oct 2016 — 4 personal bests set
- Vancouver Open Winter 2016 · 6 Feb 2016 — 1 personal best set
- Vancouver Open Spring 2015 · 2 May 2015 — 2 personal bests set
- Vancouver Open Summer 2014 · 23 Aug 2014 — 1 personal best set
- Vancouver Open Summer 2013 · 3 Aug 2013
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.
- Jack Manuel — met in 14 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Ryan Kao — met in 13 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
- Braeden Fong — met in 12 rounds, finished ahead 10 times
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.05 away.
- A sub-30 4×4 single — 2,388 people have one; it is 7.13 away.
Targets move as he improves.