People · United States
Joshua San Miguel
2×2 · top 1.3% of 186,767 all-time · competing since February 2022 · 2022MIGU01
Joshua San Miguel has been competing for 5 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.27, set at Kansas Cubing Open Winter 2022, puts him in the top 1.3% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 521st in the United States. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 9 competitions since February 2022, he has put 364 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 62% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. That figure sets aside his 5 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 17.65 in February 2022 to 11.10, a 37% improvement. Joshua has entered nine competitions, more competitions than 91% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 1.27 | 2.94 | top 1.3% | 521 / 40,951 | |
| Pyraminx | 2.72 | 7.16 | top 2.8% | 731 / 28,708 | |
| 3×3 | 11.10 | 13.62 | top 10.8% | 5,842 / 59,724 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 22.08 | 31.47 | top 26.3% | 3,394 / 15,683 | |
| Skewb | 6.20 | 10.34 | top 27.3% | 4,453 / 18,907 | |
| 4×4 | 58.33 | 1:01.57 | top 34.7% | 5,581 / 19,072 | |
| Clock | 13.08 | 14.42 | top 40.0% | 3,175 / 8,927 | |
| 5×5 | 2:30.97 | — | early days — 2 solves | 5,772 / 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
- 22 May 2026Four personal bests in one day at CubingUSA Heartland Championship 2026.
- 27 Sep 2025Five personal bests in one day at Cornhusker Cubing Classic 2025.
- 11 Apr 2025First sub-15 3×3: 14.50 at Nebraska Championship 2025.
- 5 Feb 2022First competition: Kansas Cubing Open Winter 2022. A 18.82 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- South Omaha Scramble 2026 · 18 Jul 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Cornhusker Cubing Classic 2026 · 6 Jun 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- CubingUSA Heartland Championship 2026 · 22 May 2026 — 4 personal bests set
- Nebraska Championship 2026 · 10 Apr 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- NxNebraska 2025 · 15 Nov 2025
- Cornhusker Cubing Classic 2025 · 27 Sep 2025 — 5 personal bests set
- Nebraska Championship 2025 · 11 Apr 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Cornhusker Cubing Classic 2024 · 14 Dec 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Kansas Cubing Open Winter 2022 · 5 Feb 2022 — 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.
- Chaeli Baker — met in 67 rounds, finished ahead 15 times
- Francisco García — met in 64 rounds, finished ahead 23 times
- Zachary Johnson — met in 64 rounds, finished ahead twice
Next targets
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.27 away.
- A sub-2 Pyraminx single — 1,476 people have one; it is 0.72 away.
Targets move as he improves.