People · United States
Joshua Taylor
3×3 · top 14.3% of 284,439 all-time · competing since March 2019 · 2019TAYL04
Joshua Taylor has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 12.11, set at Virginia Beach Fall 2025, puts him in the top 14.3% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 7,637th in the United States. Across 8 competitions since March 2019, he has put 118 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 74% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 45.42 in March 2019 to 12.11, a 73% improvement. Joshua has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% 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 | 12.11 | 15.01 | top 14.3% | 7,637 / 59,724 | |
| 2×2 | 4.38 | 5.49 | top 31.4% | 12,483 / 40,951 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 3:09.64 | — | early days — 2 solves | 1,167 / 2,092 | |
| Pyraminx | 11.63 | 17.50 | top 64.8% | 19,161 / 28,708 | |
| 4×4 | 1:35.60 | — | early days — 2 solves | 11,998 / 19,072 | |
| Skewb | 12.39 | 16.11 | top 67.9% | 12,730 / 18,907 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 50.91 | 58.90 | top 77.5% | 11,358 / 15,683 |
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
- 11 Mar 2023First sub-20 3×3: 17.07 at Virginia Beach Spring 2023.
- 11 Mar 2023First sub-15 3×3: 13.54 at Virginia Beach Spring 2023.
- 15 Jun 2019First sub-30 3×3: 21.85 at Richmond Spring 2019.
- 30 Mar 2019First competition: ODU Big Blue Spring 2019. A 45.42 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Virginia Beach Fall 2025 · 11 Oct 2025 — 1 personal best set
- ODU Big Blue Open 2025 · 13 Sep 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- ODU Big Blue Spring 2023 · 22 Apr 2023
- Virginia Beach Spring 2023 · 11 Mar 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- ODU Big Blue Fall 2019 · 23 Nov 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Slow N Steady Summer 2019 · 14 Sep 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Richmond Spring 2019 · 15 Jun 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- ODU Big Blue Spring 2019 · 30 Mar 2019
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.
- Robert Mapp IV — met in 23 rounds, never finished ahead
- Charles Jerome — met in 23 rounds, never finished ahead
- Bobby Mapp — met in 20 rounds, finished ahead twice
Next targets
- A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 0.11 away.
- A sub-4 2×2 single — 49,452 people have one; it is 0.38 away.
Targets move as he improves.