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Joshua Ryan Lie
Pyraminx · top 5.0% of 130,891 all-time · competing since June 2023 · 2023LIEJ01
Joshua Ryan Lie has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 3.38, set at Singapore Championship 2026, puts him in the top 5.0% of the 130,891 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 57th in Singapore. Until February 2008, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 5 competitions since June 2023, he has put 124 official solves on the record across twelve events. His Pyraminx best has come down from 5.64 in June 2023 to 3.38, a 40% improvement. 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 | Singapore | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 3.38 | 4.25 | top 5.0% | 57 / 651 | |
| Skewb | 3.94 | 6.04 | top 10.5% | 51 / 358 | |
| 3×3 | 11.08 | 12.77 | top 10.8% | 275 / 1,559 | |
| Clock | 7.11 | 8.73 | top 11.3% | 44 / 182 | |
| 2×2 | 3.03 | 3.60 | top 14.6% | 201 / 1,064 | |
| 4×4 | 43.86 | 51.08 | top 16.9% | 142 / 466 | |
| 5×5 | 1:24.43 | 1:31.47 | top 22.9% | 93 / 254 | |
| Square-1 | 24.37 | 25.96 | top 37.8% | 83 / 134 | |
| 6×6 | 2:58.74 | 3:09.16 | early days — 3 solves | 73 / 127 | |
| 7×7 | 4:28.20 | 4:42.13 | early days — 3 solves | 61 / 96 | |
| Megaminx | 1:50.59 | — | early days — 2 solves | 113 / 199 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 29.56 | 31.42 | top 45.7% | 280 / 471 |
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, Pyraminx. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 20 Feb 2026Three personal bests in one day at Singapore Championship 2026.
- 30 Nov 2025First sub-15 3×3: 13.59 at Singapore Sprint November 2025.
- 30 Nov 2025Three personal bests in one day at Singapore Sprint November 2025.
- 4 Jun 2023First competition: Singapore AMK CC Cubing B 2023. A 17.77 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Mid March Singapore 2026 · 15 Mar 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Back to Downtown Singapore 2026 · 8 Mar 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Singapore Championship 2026 · 20 Feb 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Singapore Sprint November 2025 · 30 Nov 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Singapore AMK CC Cubing B 2023 · 4 Jun 2023
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.
- Advay Hari — met in 26 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
- Ng Jia Quan (黄佳铨) — met in 26 rounds, finished ahead once
- Luis Tan Hong Yi (陈宏溢) — met in 20 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
Next targets
- A sub-3 Pyraminx single — 4,783 people have one; it is 0.38 away.
- A sub-3 Skewb single — 3,709 people have one; it is 0.94 away.
Targets move as he improves.