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Joshua Nagel

3×3 · top 40.0% of 284,439 all-time · competing since November 2008 · 2008NAGE01

Joshua Nagel has been competing for 18 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 20.02, set at US Nationals 2009, puts him in the top 40.0% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 22,689th in the United States. Across 2 competitions since November 2008, he has put 67 official solves on the record across nine events. His 3×3 best has come down from 23.38 in November 2008 to 20.02, a 14% improvement. Joshua has entered two competitions.

3×3
best event — top 40.0% of 284,439 all-time
20.02
signature single · US Nationals 2009
67
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×320.0221.32
top 40.0%22,689 / 59,724
4×41:10.281:13.45
top 47.2%7,852 / 19,072
5×52:02.212:09.98
top 50.6%4,242 / 9,401
Megaminx2:29.882:32.07
top 61.0%4,604 / 7,841
2×27.199.88
top 62.0%25,491 / 40,951
3×3 one-handed48.1858.61
top 75.1%10,884 / 15,683
Pyraminx13.8417.20
top 77.1%22,812 / 28,708
7×77:33.69
early days — 1 solve2,700 / 3,184
6×65:24.68
early days — 1 solve3,509 / 4,196

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

Berkeley Fall 2008: 23.38US Nationals 2009: 20.0220.0223.3815 Nov 200814 Aug 2009

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.

  • Dan Dzoan — met in 12 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
  • Ryan Jew — met in 11 rounds, finished ahead 8 times
  • Michael Nguyen — met in 11 rounds, finished ahead 5 times

Next targets

  • A sub-20 3×3 single — 113,584 people have one; it is 0.02 away.
  • A sub-1:00 4×4 single — 30,601 people have one; it is 10.28 away.

Targets move as he improves.