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Joshua Tekwie

3×3 · top 6.9% of 284,439 all-time · competing since June 2018 · 2018TEKW02

Joshua Tekwie has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.81, set at Australian Nationals 2023, puts him in the top 6.9% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1st in Papua New Guinea. Until October 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 15 competitions since June 2018, he has put 486 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 57% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 36.84 in June 2018 to 9.81, a 73% improvement. Joshua has entered 15 competitions, more competitions than 95% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 6.9% of 284,439 all-time
9.81
signature single · Australian Nationals 2023
486
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 57% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingPapua New Guinea
3×39.8112.66
top 6.9%1 / 8
Megaminx54.4159.88
top 7.2%1 / 1
2×22.744.96
top 11.4%1 / 8
Pyraminx5.5210.60
top 16.6%1 / 7
3×3 one-handed20.6323.61
top 22.2%1 / 4
4×450.2959.81
top 25.1%1 / 2
Skewb5.978.29
top 25.5%1 / 5
Square-134.8751.60
top 58.2%1 / 1
5×52:30.89
top 66.2%1 / 1
Clock21.1524.82
top 67.9%1 / 1

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

Brisbane Winter 2018: 36.84Koalafication Brisbane 2019: 30.71Brisbane Is Back On 2021: 18.91Northside Duology Part 2 2022: 13.97Brisbane Autumn 2022: 13.52Brisbane's 20 in 21 in 2022: 13.48Queensland Open 2022: 11.20Northside Spring Saturday 2022: 12.41Rubik's WCA Oceanic Championship 2022: 12.55Brisbane Summer 2023: 11.80Queensland Open 2023: 10.22Australian Nationals 2023: 9.81QUT Qube Challenge Saturday 2023: 12.11Brisbane Summer 2024: 12.819.8136.8430 Jun 20183 Feb 2024

Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.

The story so far

Competitions

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.

Next targets

  • A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.81 away.
  • A sub-50 Megaminx single — 1,776 people have one; it is 4.41 away.

Targets move as he improves.