People · United States
Josiah Thaddeus Davids
3×3 · top 8.4% of 288,433 all-time · competing since August 2022 · 2022DAVI29
Josiah Thaddeus Davids has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.30, set at Bay Area Speedcubin' 48 - 6.25 Berkeley 2023, puts him in the top 8.4% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 4,685th in the United States. Until May 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 3 competitions since August 2022, he has put 72 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one, an early reading from 6 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 14.56 in August 2022 to 10.30, a 29% improvement. Josiah has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% 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 | 10.30 | 12.67 | top 8.4% | 4,685 / 60,666 | |
| 4×4 | 39.33 | 48.47 | top 11.4% | 1,700 / 19,354 | |
| Megaminx | 1:30.89 | 1:47.79 | top 28.9% | 2,050 / 8,026 | |
| 2×2 | 4.38 | 4.87 | top 31.4% | 12,703 / 41,674 | |
| Skewb | 8.40 | 17.95 | top 44.4% | 7,919 / 19,164 | |
| Pyraminx | 9.56 | 15.19 | top 49.5% | 14,591 / 29,168 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 31.28 | 35.92 | top 49.6% | 6,910 / 15,900 | |
| 5×5 | 2:01.75 | 2:06.44 | top 50.4% | 4,292 / 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
- 20 Aug 2022First competition: SacCubing XII 2022. A 17.42 3×3 single to start from.
- 20 Aug 2022First sub-15 3×3: 14.56 at SacCubing XII 2022.
Competitions
- SacCubing XXI 2025 · 28 Sep 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 48 - 6.25 Berkeley 2023 · 25 Jun 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- SacCubing XII 2022 · 20 Aug 2022 — 1 personal best set
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.
- Nolan Lata Yiu — met in 15 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Jason Ostdiek — met in 15 rounds, never finished ahead
- Caleb Yao (姚英華) — met in 15 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,606 people have one; it is 0.30 away.
- A sub-30 4×4 single — 2,465 people have one; it is 9.33 away.
Targets move as he improves.