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Josiah Samuel Saysombath

Skewb · top 2.0% of 73,281 all-time · competing since March 2018 · 2018SAYS01

Josiah Samuel Saysombath has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the Skewb: a personal-best single of 2.24, set at WCA World Championship 2019, puts him in the top 2.0% of the 73,281 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 299th in the United States. Until February 2014, no official Skewb solve in the world had been that fast. Across 22 competitions since March 2018, he has put 922 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 77% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 1:02.41 in March 2018 to 7.64, an 88% improvement. Josiah has entered 22 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.

Skewb
best event — top 2.0% of 73,281 all-time
2.24
signature single · WCA World Championship 2019
922
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 77% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
Skewb2.245.60
top 2.0%299 / 18,907
3×37.6410.11
top 2.2%1,295 / 59,724
Pyraminx4.445.64
top 9.9%2,572 / 28,708
2×23.044.05
top 14.7%5,760 / 40,951
4×442.3748.78
top 14.9%2,243 / 19,072
Megaminx1:11.831:15.61
top 16.8%1,143 / 7,841
3×3 one-handed18.7321.17
top 17.0%2,200 / 15,683
Square-115.6918.63
top 18.0%1,221 / 6,743
5×51:29.951:36.38
top 27.3%2,131 / 9,401
Clock10.6213.13
top 28.2%2,173 / 8,927
6×63:04.123:17.98
top 43.0%1,597 / 4,196
7×75:16.756:51.31
top 55.9%1,649 / 3,184
3×3 Fewest Moves47 moves50.67
top 71.5%1,479 / 2,040

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

Longhorn Spring 2018: 1:02.41CubingUSA Southern Championship 2018: 37.63Cardinal Bird Fiesta 2018: 22.09GA Cubers Summer Blast 2018: 15.22Indonesian Championship 2018: 15.27Thailand Championship 2018: 14.26Malaysia Cube Championship 2018: 15.02Bangkok Open 2019: 12.35Medan Lunar New Year 2019: 11.31Nepali Nationals 2019: 11.99WCA World Championship 2019: 12.36Thailand 10th Anniversary 2019: 11.90Michigan Cubing Club Alpha 2020: 11.76CubingUSA Southeast Championship 2022: 10.33Music City Speedsolving 2023: 10.08Music City Speedsolving Fall 2023: 9.49Vanderbilt Spring 2024: 9.36CubingUSA Southeast Championship 2024: 7.64Solving at Sycamore TN 2024: 8.957.641:02.4110 Mar 201819 Oct 2024

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-2 Skewb single — 1,013 people have one; it is 0.24 away.
  • A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.64 away.

Targets move as he improves.