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Joshua Liu

3×3 · top 47.4% of 284,439 all-time · competing since February 2017 · 2017LIUJ01

Joshua Liu has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 22.79, set at Wake Up Late 2017, puts him in the top 47.4% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 27,481st in the United States. Across 3 competitions since February 2017, he has put 24 official solves on the record across three events. His 3×3 best has come down from 25.66 in February 2017 to 22.79, an 11% improvement. Joshua has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 47.4% of 284,439 all-time
22.79
signature single · Wake Up Late 2017
24
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×322.7926.49
top 47.4%27,481 / 59,724
2×25.8210.57
top 49.0%19,875 / 40,951
Pyraminx21.5330.24
top 94.5%27,599 / 28,708

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

Dallas Winter Variation 2017: 25.66Wake Up Late 2017: 22.79Odd Cubing Day 2018: 25.0922.7925.6618 Feb 201711 Feb 2018

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-20 3×3 single — 113,584 people have one; it is 2.79 away.
  • A sub-5 2×2 single — 73,413 people have one; it is 0.82 away.

Targets move as he improves.