People · United States
Joshua Perkins
3×3 · top 51.6% of 284,439 all-time · competing since March 2009 · 2009PERK01
Joshua Perkins has been competing for 18 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 24.54, set at Raleigh Open 2012, puts him in the top 51.6% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 30,122nd in the United States. Across 5 competitions since March 2009, he has put 93 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 18% around a typical one; 98% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. Joshua has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% 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 | 24.54 | 28.34 | top 51.6% | 30,122 / 59,724 | |
| 2×2 | 6.39 | 10.81 | top 54.9% | 22,441 / 40,951 | |
| 4×4 | 1:51.90 | 2:11.88 | top 77.8% | 14,329 / 19,072 | |
| 5×5 | 3:56.96 | — | early days — 2 solves | 8,626 / 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
Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 21 Mar 2009First competition: Chattahoochee Spring competition 2009. A 30.97 3×3 single to start from.
- 21 Mar 2009First sub-30 3×3: 26.96 at Chattahoochee Spring competition 2009.
Competitions
- Raleigh Open 2012 · 21 Jul 2012 — 2 personal bests set
- Marietta Open 2011 · 30 Jul 2011 — 2 personal bests set
- Marietta Open 2010 · 31 Jul 2010 — 1 personal best set
- Horizons Open 2009 · 20 Jun 2009 — 2 personal bests set
- Chattahoochee Spring competition 2009 · 21 Mar 2009 — 1 personal best set
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.
- Hadley Sheffield — met in 16 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Chris Tran — met in 16 rounds, never finished ahead
- Andrew Kang — met in 15 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-20 3×3 single — 113,584 people have one; it is 4.54 away.
- A sub-6 2×2 single — 95,042 people have one; it is 0.39 away.
Targets move as he improves.