People · United States
Joshua Motley
2×2 · top 17.5% of 186,767 all-time · competing since August 2025 · 2025MOTL01
Joshua Motley has been competing for a year. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 3.28, set at Berkeley Fall 2025, puts him in the top 17.5% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 6,877th in the United States. Across 2 competitions since August 2025, he has put 36 official solves on the record across five events. His 3×3 best has come down from 18.31 in August 2025 to 13.46, a 26% improvement. Joshua has entered two competitions.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 3.28 | 5.73 | top 17.5% | 6,877 / 40,951 | |
| 3×3 | 13.46 | 16.88 | top 19.1% | 10,247 / 59,724 | |
| Clock | 10.98 | 12.31 | top 30.0% | 2,344 / 8,927 | |
| Square-1 | 27.30 | 34.58 | top 44.2% | 2,869 / 6,743 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 42.06 | — | early days — 2 solves | 9,738 / 15,683 |
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
- 4 Oct 2025First sub-15 3×3: 13.46 at Berkeley Fall 2025.
- 4 Oct 2025Three personal bests in one day at Berkeley Fall 2025.
- 2 Aug 2025First competition: Davis Summer 2025. A 18.31 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Berkeley Fall 2025 · 4 Oct 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Davis Summer 2025 · 2 Aug 2025
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.
- Will Callan — met in 8 rounds, finished ahead once
- Paul Mahvi — met in 8 rounds, finished ahead once
- Eli Valera — met in 8 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.28 away.
- A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 1.46 away.
Targets move as he improves.