People · United States
Josiah Hinson
3×3 · top 2.4% of 288,433 all-time · competing since March 2023 · 2023HINS01
Josiah Hinson has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.75, set at Fredericksburg Summer AM 2025, puts him in the top 2.4% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,426th in the United States. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 5 competitions since March 2023, he has put 146 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, an early reading from 9 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 10.82 in March 2023 to 7.75, a 28% improvement. Josiah has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% 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 | 7.75 | 10.83 | top 2.4% | 1,426 / 60,666 | |
| Skewb | 2.69 | 6.04 | top 3.6% | 579 / 19,164 | |
| 2×2 | 1.95 | 3.09 | top 4.5% | 1,806 / 41,674 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.02 | 4.90 | top 7.8% | 2,028 / 29,168 | |
| Clock | 6.98 | 7.95 | top 10.7% | 848 / 9,172 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 19.00 | 21.66 | top 17.9% | 2,336 / 15,900 | |
| 4×4 | 45.22 | 56.12 | top 18.6% | 2,848 / 19,354 | |
| Square-1 | 19.43 | 23.61 | top 26.7% | 1,769 / 6,846 | |
| Megaminx | 1:31.81 | 1:53.59 | top 29.5% | 2,103 / 8,026 | |
| 6×6 | 4:25.58 | — | early days — 1 solve | 2,944 / 4,262 |
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
- 6 Sep 2025First sub-10 3×3: 7.75 at Fredericksburg Summer AM 2025.
- 21 Sep 2024Four personal bests in one day at UMBC Fall 2024.
- 6 May 2023Three personal bests in one day at TJHSST Spring 2023.
- 4 Mar 2023First competition: Penn Cube Day Spring 2023. A 10.82 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Fredericksburg Winter AM 2026 · 31 Jan 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Fredericksburg Summer AM 2025 · 6 Sep 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- UMBC Fall 2024 · 21 Sep 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- TJHSST Spring 2023 · 6 May 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Penn Cube Day Spring 2023 · 4 Mar 2023
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.
- Panashe Sharma — met in 19 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
- Currin Wilson — met in 18 rounds, finished ahead 17 times
- Ari Randers-Pehrson — met in 18 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,419 people have one; it is 1.75 away.
- A sub-2 Skewb single — 1,031 people have one; it is 0.69 away.
Targets move as he improves.