People · United States
Joshua Smith
Pyraminx · top 7.5% of 130,891 all-time · competing since April 2016 · 2016SMIT07
Joshua Smith has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 3.97, set at Cubing at the Y - Stoughton 2024, puts him in the top 7.5% of the 130,891 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,958th in the United States. Until February 2008, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 17 competitions since April 2016, he has put 323 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 70% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 20.26 in April 2016 to 10.35, a 49% improvement. Joshua has entered 17 competitions, more competitions than 96% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 3.97 | 8.90 | top 7.5% | 1,958 / 29,168 | |
| 3×3 | 10.35 | 13.35 | top 8.6% | 4,764 / 60,666 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 20.19 | 29.26 | top 21.0% | 2,723 / 15,900 | |
| 2×2 | 4.29 | 4.98 | top 30.3% | 12,234 / 41,674 | |
| 4×4 | 1:18.33 | 1:39.33 | top 54.6% | 9,441 / 19,354 | |
| Skewb | 13.58 | 14.74 | top 73.2% | 13,995 / 19,164 |
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
- 8 Jun 2019First sub-15 3×3: 14.91 at Colonie Spring 2019.
- 28 Jan 2017First sub-20 3×3: 19.19 at Monument Mountain Winter 2017.
- 28 Jan 2017Four personal bests in one day at Monument Mountain Winter 2017.
- 9 Apr 2016First competition: New Hampshire Open 2016. A 24.63 3×3 single to start from.
- 9 Apr 2016Three personal bests in one day at New Hampshire Open 2016.
Competitions
- WPI Spring 2025 · 3 May 2025
- Vermont Newcomers 2025 · 29 Mar 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Cubing at the Y - Stoughton 2024 · 20 Apr 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Vermont Cubikon 2023 · 18 Nov 2023
- Northampton Fall A 2023 · 4 Nov 2023
- CubingUSA New England Championship 2023 · 7 Oct 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Mystic Cubikon 2023 · 20 Aug 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Jay House of Cubes 2023 · 9 Jul 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Colonie Spring 2019 · 8 Jun 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- The Battle of Lexington 2019 · 27 Apr 2019
- Quabbin Spring 2017 · 27 May 2017
- Las Vegas Spring 2017 · 8 Apr 2017 — 1 personal best set
- WPI Winter Cube Day 2017 · 26 Feb 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- Monument Mountain Winter 2017 · 28 Jan 2017 — 4 personal bests set
- UMass ODS Fall 2016 · 10 Dec 2016 — 1 personal best set
- Lexington Summer 2016 · 25 Jun 2016 — 2 personal bests set
- New Hampshire Open 2016 · 9 Apr 2016 — 3 personal bests 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.
- Will Russo — met in 37 rounds, never finished ahead
- Derek White — met in 35 rounds, finished ahead 9 times
- Alex Cohen — met in 33 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
Next targets
- A sub-3 Pyraminx single — 4,783 people have one; it is 0.97 away.
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,606 people have one; it is 0.35 away.
Targets move as he improves.