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Josiah Aflleje

3×3 · top 2.1% of 284,439 all-time · competing since May 2019 · 2019AFLL01

Josiah Aflleje has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.61, set at Berkeley Spring 2023, puts him in the top 2.1% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,276th in the United States. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 21 competitions since May 2019, he has put 737 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 78% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 17.19 in May 2019 to 7.61, a 56% improvement. Josiah has entered 21 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 2.1% of 284,439 all-time
7.61
signature single · Berkeley Spring 2023
737
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 78% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×37.619.32
top 2.1%1,276 / 59,724
5×558.381:07.09
top 4.7%391 / 9,401
Pyraminx3.336.03
top 4.8%1,258 / 28,708
4×433.9039.54
top 5.8%886 / 19,072
2×22.193.07
top 6.1%2,437 / 40,951
6×61:48.431:54.49
top 6.6%223 / 4,196
7×72:45.972:57.75
top 6.8%187 / 3,184
Megaminx1:03.441:11.72
top 11.8%792 / 7,841
Square-113.3516.32
top 12.6%872 / 6,743
Skewb4.396.25
top 13.7%2,122 / 18,907
3×3 one-handed25.5829.86
top 35.7%4,719 / 15,683
Clock12.4514.84
top 37.2%2,952 / 8,927
3×3 blindfolded3:12.26—
early days — 2 solves1,181 / 2,092

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

SacCubing VII 2019: 17.19Bay Area Speedcubin' 17 2019: 19.25Bay Area Speedcubin' 19 2019: 16.57SacCubing VIII 2019: 15.39Berkeley Summer 2019: 13.28SacCubing IX 2020: 11.40Bay Area Speedcubin' 31A - Mill Valley 2022: 10.13Bay Area Speedcubin' 34 - San Ramon 2022: 9.01Bay Area Speedcubin' 35 - Pacifica 2022: 8.71SacCubing XII 2022: 10.22Berkeley Fall 2022: 8.85SacCubing XIII 2023: 9.08Berkeley Winter A 2023: 8.27Berkeley Spring 2023: 7.61Bay Area Speedcubin' 43 2023: 8.36SacCubing XIV 2023: 9.03CubingUSA Western Championship 2023: 8.92SacCubing XV 2023: 8.04Bay Area Speedcubin' 53 - Berkeley 2023: 7.93SacCubing XVII 2024: 8.84Davis Big Summer 2026: 8.017.6119.2525 May 20198 Aug 2026

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-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.61 away.
  • A sub-50 5×5 single — 713 people have one; it is 8.38 away.

Targets move as he improves.