People · United Kingdom
Joshua Vail
3×3 · top 12.2% of 284,439 all-time · competing since June 2023 · 2023VAIL01
Joshua Vail has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 11.51, set at Stevenage December 2024, puts him in the top 12.2% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 867th in the United Kingdom. Across 11 competitions since June 2023, he has put 243 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 68% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 20.82 in June 2023 to 11.51, a 45% improvement. Joshua has entered eleven competitions, more competitions than 93% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United Kingdom | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 11.51 | 14.71 | top 12.2% | 867 / 6,689 | |
| 2×2 | 3.41 | 5.07 | top 19.1% | 1,092 / 4,895 | |
| Pyraminx | 7.82 | 12.10 | top 34.7% | 1,394 / 3,656 | |
| Skewb | 10.97 | 14.14 | top 60.7% | 1,456 / 2,421 | |
| 4×4 | 1:41.38 | 2:10.23 | top 71.5% | 1,595 / 2,071 |
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
- 13 Jan 2024First sub-15 3×3: 14.45 at Stevenage January 2024.
- 26 Aug 2023First sub-20 3×3: 18.50 at August Bank Holiday Cheltenham 2023.
- 26 Aug 2023Four personal bests in one day at August Bank Holiday Cheltenham 2023.
- 24 Jun 2023First competition: Stevenage June 2023. A 20.82 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Rubik's UK Championship 2025 · 22 Aug 2025
- Birmingham Spring 2025 · 12 Apr 2025
- Stevenage December 2024 · 7 Dec 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Rubik's UK Championship 2024 · 1 Nov 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Kewbz UK Open 2024 · 31 Aug 2024
- Birmingham Summer 2024 · 17 Aug 2024
- Stevenage Newcomers Saturday 2024 · 9 Mar 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Stevenage January 2024 · 13 Jan 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Rubik's UK Championship 2023 · 20 Oct 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- August Bank Holiday Cheltenham 2023 · 26 Aug 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- Stevenage June 2023 · 24 Jun 2023
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.
- Paige Lovell — met in 47 rounds, never finished ahead
- Matt Stephenson — met in 38 rounds, never finished ahead
- Eleanor Sinnott — met in 37 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 1.51 away.
- A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.41 away.
Targets move as he improves.