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Joshua Melton

2×2 · top 25.9% of 186,767 all-time · competing since March 2023 · 2023MELT01

Joshua Melton has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 3.95, set at Arizona Championship 2024, puts him in the top 25.9% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 10,161st in the United States. Across 7 competitions since March 2023, he has put 129 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 18% around a typical one, an early reading from 9 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 29.90 in March 2023 to 20.26, a 32% improvement. Joshua has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 25.9% of 186,767 all-time
3.95
signature single · Arizona Championship 2024
129
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
2×23.956.54
top 25.9%10,161 / 40,951
Pyraminx7.2210.28
top 29.7%8,225 / 28,708
3×320.2622.29
top 40.7%23,136 / 59,724
Skewb8.0514.66
top 41.7%7,258 / 18,907
4×41:37.69
top 69.1%12,336 / 19,072
Clock22.96
early days — 3 solves6,277 / 8,927
5×54:01.30
early days — 2 solves8,705 / 9,401

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

Arizona Speedcubing Spring 2023: 29.90Cubing in Glendale 2023: 36.10Sonoran Side Events 2023: 23.22Arizona Championship 2024: 23.95Arizona Autumn 2024: 22.85Arizona Mini 2024: 26.97Arizona Championship 2025: 20.2620.2636.1019 Mar 202310 May 2025

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-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.95 away.
  • A sub-6 Pyraminx single — 25,870 people have one; it is 1.22 away.

Targets move as he improves.