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Joshua Paulus-Rosenow

3×3 · top 12.3% of 284,439 all-time · competing since November 2014 · 2014PAUL07

Joshua Paulus-Rosenow has been competing for 12 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 11.55, set at Naperville Winter A 2022, puts him in the top 12.3% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 6,626th in the United States. Across 15 competitions since November 2014, he has put 314 official solves on the record across 17 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 76% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 26.32 in November 2014 to 11.55, a 56% improvement. Joshua has entered 15 competitions, more competitions than 95% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 12.3% of 284,439 all-time
11.55
signature single · Naperville Winter A 2022
314
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 76% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×311.5513.95
top 12.3%6,626 / 59,724
3×3 blindfolded1:45.402:42.90
top 28.4%590 / 2,092
Pyraminx7.2212.68
top 29.7%8,225 / 28,708
5×51:33.501:41.96
top 30.2%2,390 / 9,401
4×454.901:02.89
top 30.6%4,830 / 19,072
3×3 one-handed26.2229.59
top 37.4%4,971 / 15,683
Megaminx1:50.321:59.40
top 40.5%2,936 / 7,841
7×74:46.955:01.94
top 46.8%1,359 / 3,184
2×25.706.39
top 47.7%19,289 / 40,951
6×63:19.953:40.96
top 50.5%1,897 / 4,196
3×3 Fewest Moves41 moves46.00
top 51.8%1,101 / 2,040
3×3 Multi-Blind3 of 3 cubes · 28:10—
top 57.0%439 / 731
Square-146.501:02.15
top 72.7%4,784 / 6,743
Clock26.4032.95
top 79.2%6,991 / 8,927
Skewb29.6240.88
top 97.0%18,532 / 18,907
4×4 blindfolded28:46.0038:30.00
top 97.1%430 / 440
5×5 blindfolded1:21:26.00—
early days — 1 solve219 / 218

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

Florida Feast 2014: 26.32Cubetoberfest 2015: 16.94NxNaperville 2022: 12.15Mt. Prospect Open 2022: 12.67UIUC Fall 2022: 12.45Naperville Winter A 2022: 11.55Everything in Evanston A 2023: 13.00Racing Kane 2026: 12.4411.5526.3229 Nov 201418 Apr 2026

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-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 1.55 away.
  • A sub-1:30 3×3 blindfolded single — 2,810 people have one; it is 15.40 away.

Targets move as he improves.