People · Australia
Joshua Smith
3×3 · top 11.4% of 288,433 all-time · competing since October 2022 · 2022SMIT50
Joshua Smith has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 11.26, set at Australian Nationals 2026, puts him in the top 11.4% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,026th in Australia. Across 13 competitions since October 2022, he has put 349 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 79% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 28.65 in October 2022 to 11.26, a 61% improvement. Joshua has entered 13 competitions, more competitions than 94% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Australia | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 11.26 | 15.53 | top 11.4% | 1,026 / 11,943 | |
| Square-1 | 13.89 | 17.10 | top 14.0% | 143 / 920 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.38 | 9.09 | top 15.6% | 764 / 6,109 | |
| 2×2 | 3.74 | 5.15 | top 23.3% | 1,817 / 8,727 | |
| Skewb | 5.84 | 9.61 | top 24.6% | 676 / 3,589 | |
| 4×4 | 1:15.27 | 1:21.63 | top 51.9% | 1,451 / 3,108 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 32.30 | 38.16 | top 51.9% | 1,217 / 2,685 | |
| Clock | 18.18 | — | early days — 1 solve | 651 / 1,159 | |
| 5×5 | 2:28.96 | — | early days — 1 solve | 937 / 1,412 |
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
- 17 Oct 2026Three personal bests in one day at Bendigo Blitz 2026.
- 9 Jul 2026Three personal bests in one day at Australian Nationals 2026.
- 30 May 2026Three personal bests in one day at Brilliant Ballarat 2026.
- 11 Apr 2026Three personal bests in one day at West Melbourne Open 2026.
- 8 Mar 2026Three personal bests in one day at North-East Melbourne March Sunday 2026.
- 27 Sep 2025First sub-15 3×3: 14.85 at Puzzling Pakenham Saturday 2025.
Competitions
- Bendigo Blitz 2026 · 17 Oct 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Geelong Winter 2026 · 29 Aug 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Australian Nationals 2026 · 9 Jul 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Brilliant Ballarat 2026 · 30 May 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- West Melbourne Open 2026 · 11 Apr 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- North-East Melbourne March Sunday 2026 · 8 Mar 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Melbourne Summer 2026 · 24 Jan 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Melbourne Cube Days 2025 · 29 Nov 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Puzzling Pakenham Saturday 2025 · 27 Sep 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Spark Melbourne July 2025 · 26 Jul 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Melbourne Summer 2023 · 20 Jan 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Rubik's WCA Oceanic Championship 2022 · 15 Dec 2022
- Koalafication Melbourne 2022 · 15 Oct 2022
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.
- Myles Jarman — met in 76 rounds, finished ahead once
- Emmet Hobbs — met in 73 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Phoenix Patterson — met in 73 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,606 people have one; it is 1.26 away.
- A sub-12 Square-1 single — 2,552 people have one; it is 1.89 away.
Targets move as he improves.