People · United States
Josiah Bell
Pyraminx · top 0.17% of 129,321 all-time · competing since February 2022 · 2022BELL01
Josiah Bell has been competing for 5 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 1.24, set at Concordia Turning Winter 2026, puts him in the top 0.17% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 58th in the United States. Until January 2018, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 31 competitions since February 2022, he has put 1,406 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 57% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 21.24 in February 2022 to 7.75, a 64% improvement. Josiah has entered 31 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 1.24 | 2.35 | top 0.17% | 58 / 28,708 | |
| 3×3 | 7.75 | 9.76 | top 2.4% | 1,378 / 59,724 | |
| Megaminx | 47.28 | 51.34 | top 3.9% | 276 / 7,841 | |
| 2×2 | 2.22 | 3.59 | top 6.4% | 2,535 / 40,951 | |
| 4×4 | 36.05 | 38.78 | top 7.7% | 1,179 / 19,072 | |
| Skewb | 3.79 | 6.03 | top 9.5% | 1,451 / 18,907 | |
| Clock | 7.12 | 8.04 | top 11.4% | 873 / 8,927 | |
| 5×5 | 1:10.35 | 1:15.41 | top 11.9% | 919 / 9,401 | |
| 6×6 | 2:19.04 | 2:25.80 | top 20.0% | 701 / 4,196 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 20.41 | 25.78 | top 21.6% | 2,768 / 15,683 | |
| Square-1 | 19.95 | 23.52 | top 27.9% | 1,833 / 6,743 | |
| 7×7 | 3:58.85 | 4:12.24 | top 30.3% | 846 / 3,184 |
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
- 7 Aug 2026Four personal bests in one day at Missouri Championship 2026.
- 18 Apr 2026Three personal bests in one day at COMO Cube-Off 2026.
- 7 Mar 2026Five personal bests in one day at KCKC 9 Big and Awkward 2026.
- 10 Jan 2026Three personal bests in one day at Concordia Turning Winter 2026.
- 18 Jul 2025Five personal bests in one day at Missouri Championship 2025.
- 1 Feb 2025Five personal bests in one day at KCKC 7 Big and Awkward 2025.
Competitions
- Missouri Championship 2026 · 7 Aug 2026 — 4 personal bests set
- COMO Cube-Off 2026 · 18 Apr 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- KCKC 9 Big and Awkward 2026 · 7 Mar 2026 — 5 personal bests set
- Concordia Turning Winter 2026 · 10 Jan 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- KCKC 8 Cubing for Cake 2025 · 1 Nov 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Firstly Mini Missouri 2025 · 11 Aug 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Missouri Championship 2025 · 18 Jul 2025 — 5 personal bests set
- Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025 · 3 Jul 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Kansas City Side Events 2025 · 3 May 2025 — 1 personal best set
- KCKC 7 Big and Awkward 2025 · 1 Feb 2025 — 5 personal bests set
- Concordia Turning Fall 2024 · 7 Dec 2024 — 1 personal best set
- KCKC 6 Cubing for Cake 2024 · 12 Oct 2024 — 5 personal bests set
- Missouri Championship 2024 · 16 Aug 2024 — 6 personal bests set
- Concordia Turning Spring 2024 · 16 Mar 2024
- CoMO Cubing Winter 2024 · 3 Feb 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Red Wolf Cubing Arkansas 2024 · 6 Jan 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Concordia Turning Fall 2023 · 9 Dec 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- KCKC 3 Cubing for Cake 2023 · 21 Oct 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Springfield Summer Open 2023 · 26 Aug 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Cubing for Autism Missouri 2023 · 6 May 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Arkansolve 2023 · 18 Mar 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- KC Krazy Cubing Winter 2023 · 11 Feb 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Springfield Winter Open 2023 · 21 Jan 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- FSUbers 3.0 2022 · 3 Dec 2022
- Concordia Turning 2022 · 5 Nov 2022 — 6 personal bests set
- Cubing Peoria 2022 · 24 Sep 2022 — 3 personal bests set
- Cubing in the Ville 2022 · 3 Sep 2022 — 5 personal bests set
- Cashew Cubing 2022 · 2 Jul 2022 — 4 personal bests set
- Buccaneer Bonanza 2022 · 3 Jun 2022 — 4 personal bests set
- FSUbers 2022 · 24 Apr 2022 — 3 personal bests set
- Kansas Cubing Open Winter 2022 · 5 Feb 2022
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.
- Trenton Cuzick — met in 175 rounds, finished ahead 90 times
- Braxton Lee Fowler — met in 173 rounds, finished ahead 56 times · head to head
- Zachary Johnson — met in 156 rounds, finished ahead 58 times
Next targets
- A sub-1 Pyraminx single — 49 people have one; it is 0.24 away.
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.75 away.
Targets move as he improves.