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Joshua Yuan

3×3 · top 13.8% of 284,439 all-time · competing since June 2016 · 2016YUAN16

Joshua Yuan has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 11.97, set at UIUC Fall 2019, puts him in the top 13.8% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 7,390th in the United States. Across 2 competitions since June 2016, he has put 25 official solves on the record across three events. His 3×3 best has come down from 18.20 in June 2016 to 11.97, a 34% improvement. Joshua has entered two competitions.

3×3
best event — top 13.8% of 284,439 all-time
11.97
signature single · UIUC Fall 2019
25
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×311.9714.33
top 13.8%7,390 / 59,724
3×3 one-handed27.7130.25
top 41.2%5,517 / 15,683
2×27.037.97
top 60.7%24,904 / 40,951

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

Slow N Steady Spring 2016: 18.20UIUC Fall 2019: 11.9711.9718.2018 Jun 20161 Dec 2019

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.

  • Cody Brown — met in 3 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
  • Noah Zelkin — met in 3 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
  • Elias Rabe — met in 3 rounds, finished ahead 3 times

Next targets

  • A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 1.97 away.
  • A sub-25 3×3 one-handed single — 25,198 people have one; it is 2.71 away.

Targets move as he improves.