People · United States
Josiah Knop
2×2 · top 8.3% of 189,179 all-time · competing since May 2025 · 2025KNOP03
Josiah Knop has been competing for a year. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.43, set at Oredigger Open CO 2026, puts him in the top 8.3% of the 189,179 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3,304th in the United States. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 8 competitions since May 2025, he has put 191 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 21% around a typical one; 99% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. That figure sets aside his 3 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 28.91 in May 2025 to 15.16, a 48% improvement. Josiah has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 2.43 | 4.80 | top 8.3% | 3,304 / 41,674 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.57 | 7.69 | top 10.6% | 2,833 / 29,168 | |
| 3×3 | 15.16 | 19.34 | top 25.1% | 13,844 / 60,666 | |
| Clock | 10.36 | 13.26 | top 26.7% | 2,107 / 9,172 | |
| Skewb | 7.59 | 8.53 | top 38.3% | 6,644 / 19,164 | |
| Megaminx | 2:14.76 | — | early days — 2 solves | 4,129 / 8,026 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 37.83 | 44.65 | top 62.2% | 8,887 / 15,900 | |
| 4×4 | 1:40.04 | 1:57.77 | top 70.7% | 12,885 / 19,354 | |
| 5×5 | 2:52.79 | — | early days — 3 solves | 6,868 / 9,537 |
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
- 21 Aug 2026Five personal bests in one day at Rocky Mountain Championship 2026.
- 8 Feb 2026Six personal bests in one day at Oredigger Open CO 2026.
- 31 Jan 2026First sub-20 3×3: 17.87 at DeNxNver 2026.
- 31 Jan 2026Four personal bests in one day at DeNxNver 2026.
- 31 May 2025First competition: Grand Junction Dysfunction 2025. A 28.91 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Rocky Mountain Championship 2026 · 21 Aug 2026 — 5 personal bests set
- Pikes Peak AM 2026 · 25 Jul 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Longmont Open 2026 · 13 Jun 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Cube Against Cancer Colorado 2026 · 3 May 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Oredigger Open CO 2026 · 8 Feb 2026 — 6 personal bests set
- DeNxNver 2026 · 31 Jan 2026 — 4 personal bests set
- FoCo Open 2025 · 30 Aug 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Grand Junction Dysfunction 2025 · 31 May 2025
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.
- Truman Clack — met in 45 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Evan Wilson — met in 41 rounds, finished ahead once
- Stone Amsbaugh — met in 40 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 9,039 people have one; it is 0.43 away.
- A sub-4 Pyraminx single — 10,050 people have one; it is 0.57 away.
Targets move as he improves.