People · United States
Joshua O'Dell
3×3 · top 29.3% of 284,439 all-time · competing since January 2025 · 2025ODEL01
Joshua O'Dell has been competing for a year. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 16.48, set at St. Ansgar 2026, puts him in the top 29.3% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 16,110th in the United States. Across 6 competitions since January 2025, he has put 118 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 84% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 24.32 in January 2025 to 16.48, a 32% 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 | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 16.48 | 23.42 | top 29.3% | 16,110 / 59,724 | |
| Pyraminx | 8.26 | 12.70 | top 38.4% | 10,975 / 28,708 | |
| 4×4 | 1:33.41 | — | top 66.1% | 11,680 / 19,072 | |
| Clock | 20.65 | — | top 66.6% | 5,715 / 8,927 | |
| 2×2 | 7.88 | 12.35 | top 67.0% | 27,683 / 40,951 | |
| Skewb | 15.22 | 19.58 | top 79.0% | 15,103 / 18,907 |
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
- 18 Apr 2026Four personal bests in one day at St. Ansgar 2026.
- 22 Aug 2025Four personal bests in one day at CubingUSA Heartland Championship 2025.
- 5 Apr 2025First sub-20 3×3: 19.70 at St. Ansgar 2025.
- 5 Apr 2025Three personal bests in one day at St. Ansgar 2025.
- 18 Jan 2025First competition: Big Cube Battle of Waterloo 2025. A 24.32 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- St. Ansgar 2026 · 18 Apr 2026 — 4 personal bests set
- CubingUSA Heartland Championship 2025 · 22 Aug 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Algs in Ankeny 2025 · 24 May 2025
- St. Ansgar 2025 · 5 Apr 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Cubing at Iowa State 2025 · 1 Mar 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Big Cube Battle of Waterloo 2025 · 18 Jan 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.
- Max McGill — met in 28 rounds, never finished ahead
- Andrew Tyberg — met in 25 rounds, never finished ahead
- Kaius Young — met in 25 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 1.48 away.
- A sub-8 Pyraminx single — 46,752 people have one; it is 0.26 away.
Targets move as he improves.