People · United States
Joshua Zhang
3×3 · top 2.5% of 284,439 all-time · competing since June 2019 · 2019ZHAJ05
Joshua Zhang has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.81, set at MIT Winter 2020, puts him in the top 2.5% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,439th in the United States. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 6 competitions since June 2019, he has put 253 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 67% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 10.40 in June 2019 to 7.81, a 25% improvement. Joshua has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% 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 | 7.81 | 8.88 | top 2.5% | 1,439 / 59,724 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 12.81 | 22.10 | top 4.1% | 601 / 15,683 | |
| 4×4 | 36.72 | 41.38 | top 8.4% | 1,265 / 19,072 | |
| 5×5 | 1:05.89 | 1:14.89 | top 9.0% | 704 / 9,401 | |
| 2×2 | 2.75 | 3.40 | top 11.5% | 4,506 / 40,951 | |
| Skewb | 4.12 | 5.62 | top 11.7% | 1,819 / 18,907 | |
| Megaminx | 1:07.84 | 1:14.52 | top 14.4% | 971 / 7,841 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.40 | 8.04 | top 15.8% | 4,153 / 28,708 | |
| 6×6 | 2:20.15 | 2:30.73 | top 20.6% | 726 / 4,196 | |
| 7×7 | 3:47.56 | 3:56.24 | top 26.3% | 737 / 3,184 | |
| Square-1 | 19.31 | 30.13 | top 26.3% | 1,731 / 6,743 |
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
- 22 Feb 2020Three personal bests in one day at Cubing with the Viking 2020.
- 12 Jan 2020First sub-10 3×3: 7.81 at MIT Winter 2020.
- 12 Jan 2020Five personal bests in one day at MIT Winter 2020.
- 1 Jun 2019First competition: Cubing in Cambridge 2019. A 10.96 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Skowhegan Cubikon 2025 · 12 Apr 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- The Battle of Lexington 2025 · 11 Jan 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Cubing with the Viking 2020 · 22 Feb 2020 — 3 personal bests set
- MIT Winter 2020 · 12 Jan 2020 — 5 personal bests set
- Massachusetts Championship 2019 · 26 Jul 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Cubing in Cambridge 2019 · 1 Jun 2019 — 1 personal best set
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.
- Derek White — met in 45 rounds, finished ahead 10 times
- Will Russo — met in 44 rounds, finished ahead 18 times
- Tim Reynolds — met in 36 rounds, finished ahead 25 times
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.81 away.
- A sub-12 3×3 one-handed single — 2,187 people have one; it is 0.81 away.
Targets move as he improves.