People · Canada
Josiah Smits
Skewb · top 17.1% of 74,164 all-time · competing since July 2018 · 2018SMIT30
Josiah Smits has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the Skewb: a personal-best single of 4.86, set at Canadian Championship 2019, puts him in the top 17.1% of the 74,164 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 382nd in Canada. Across 5 competitions since July 2018, he has put 107 official solves on the record across ten events. His Square-1 best has come down from 35.49 in April 2019 to 30.79, a 13% 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 | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Skewb | 4.86 | 7.52 | top 17.1% | 382 / 2,928 | |
| 3×3 | 17.03 | 23.17 | top 31.2% | 3,073 / 10,502 | |
| Pyraminx | 7.48 | 11.66 | top 31.9% | 1,429 / 4,913 | |
| 2×2 | 4.45 | 5.20 | top 32.4% | 2,231 / 7,245 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 29.38 | 46.21 | top 45.3% | 1,045 / 2,632 | |
| Square-1 | 30.79 | 34.52 | top 50.9% | 456 / 973 | |
| Megaminx | 2:24.65 | 2:59.21 | top 58.8% | 699 / 1,393 | |
| 4×4 | 1:31.93 | 1:52.83 | top 65.1% | 1,889 / 3,180 | |
| 5×5 | 3:24.41 | — | early days — 1 solve | 1,234 / 1,546 | |
| 6×6 | 6:32.97 | — | early days — 1 solve | 617 / 683 |
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, Square-1. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 26 Jul 2019Three personal bests in one day at Canadian Championship 2019.
- 2 Feb 2019First sub-30 3×3: 17.03 at Return to Toronto 2019.
- 2 Feb 2019First sub-20 3×3: 17.03 at Return to Toronto 2019.
- 21 Jul 2018First competition: Battle of Waterloo 2018. A 40.23 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- No 3x3x3 Cambridge 2019 · 7 Dec 2019
- Canadian Championship 2019 · 26 Jul 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Guelph Side Events 2019 · 27 Apr 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Return to Toronto 2019 · 2 Feb 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Battle of Waterloo 2018 · 21 Jul 2018
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.
- Kevin Xu — met in 26 rounds, finished ahead 11 times
- Thomas Imada — met in 26 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Louis Cormier — met in 26 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-4 Skewb single — 8,121 people have one; it is 0.86 away.
- A sub-15 3×3 single — 70,740 people have one; it is 2.03 away.
Targets move as he improves.