People · United States
Joshua Waldman
2×2 · top 26.5% of 189,179 all-time · competing since March 2018 · 2018WALD02
Joshua Waldman has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 4.00, set at Long Island Winter 2019, puts him in the top 26.5% of the 189,179 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 10,635th in the United States. Across 10 competitions since March 2018, he has put 165 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 55% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 34.97 in March 2018 to 18.56, a 47% improvement. Joshua has entered ten competitions, more competitions than 92% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 4.00 | 6.52 | top 26.5% | 10,635 / 41,674 | |
| 3×3 | 18.56 | 21.57 | top 35.9% | 20,431 / 60,666 | |
| 4×4 | 1:18.21 | 1:30.64 | top 54.5% | 9,415 / 19,354 | |
| Pyraminx | 10.60 | 16.42 | top 57.6% | 17,139 / 29,168 | |
| 5×5 | 2:26.79 | — | top 64.4% | 5,670 / 9,537 | |
| 6×6 | 4:46.25 | — | top 78.8% | 3,194 / 4,262 | |
| 7×7 | 7:10.84 | 7:35.22 | top 81.9% | 2,635 / 3,236 | |
| Skewb | 23.86 | 29.42 | top 94.0% | 18,311 / 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
- 31 Aug 2024Four personal bests in one day at Pretzel Mania Summer 2024.
- 20 Oct 2023Three personal bests in one day at CubingUSA Great Lakes Championship 2023.
- 25 May 2019First sub-20 3×3: 19.20 at Brooklyn 2019.
- 23 Feb 2019First sub-30 3×3: 23.50 at Long Island Winter 2019.
- 23 Feb 2019Three personal bests in one day at Long Island Winter 2019.
- 31 Mar 2018First competition: Rutgers Spring 2018. A 34.97 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- NxNationwide Lewis Center 2025 · 8 Feb 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Pretzel Mania Summer 2024 · 31 Aug 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- Gem City Donut DNF 2024 · 16 Jun 2024
- CubingUSA Great Lakes Championship 2023 · 20 Oct 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- CubingUSA Mid-Atlantic Championship 2023 · 17 Jun 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Buckeye Big Brain 2023 · 14 Jan 2023
- Brooklyn 2019 · 25 May 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Long Island Winter 2019 · 23 Feb 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- CubingUSA Northeast Championship 2018 · 2 Jun 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Rutgers Spring 2018 · 31 Mar 2018
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.
- Zach Baruch — met in 46 rounds, finished ahead once
- Stephen Griggs — met in 25 rounds, finished ahead once
- Livia Kleiner — met in 23 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-3 2×2 single — 27,049 people have one; it is 1.00 away.
- A sub-15 3×3 single — 70,740 people have one; it is 3.56 away.
Targets move as he improves.