People · United States
Josie Desmet
3×3 · top 11.5% of 288,433 all-time · competing since November 2024 · 2024DESM02
Josie Desmet has been competing for a year. Her best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 11.30, set at CubingUSA New England Championship 2025, puts her in the top 11.5% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 6,272nd in the United States. Across 6 competitions since November 2024, she has put 154 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, her 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 78% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. Her 3×3 best has come down from 19.56 in November 2024 to 11.30, a 42% improvement. Josie has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% 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 | 11.30 | 14.04 | top 11.5% | 6,272 / 60,666 | |
| 2×2 | 3.95 | 5.12 | top 25.9% | 10,331 / 41,674 | |
| 4×4 | 1:02.00 | 1:15.15 | top 38.7% | 6,353 / 19,354 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 33.56 | 46.30 | top 54.6% | 7,679 / 15,900 | |
| Pyraminx | 10.21 | 14.36 | top 54.7% | 16,207 / 29,168 | |
| Skewb | 11.20 | 14.92 | top 61.9% | 11,585 / 19,164 | |
| 5×5 | 2:26.55 | — | top 64.3% | 5,658 / 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
- 1 Aug 2025Three personal bests in one day at CubingUSA New England Championship 2025.
- 15 Feb 2025First sub-15 3×3: 14.29 at Pittsburgh Winter 2025.
- 15 Feb 2025Four personal bests in one day at Pittsburgh Winter 2025.
- 16 Nov 2024First competition: Miami Skewbed 2024. A 20.54 3×3 single to start from.
- 16 Nov 2024First sub-20 3×3: 19.56 at Miami Skewbed 2024.
Competitions
- Turn Back the Clock Miami 2026 · 10 Oct 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Penn Cube Day Spring 2026 · 22 Mar 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Thrice as Nice Miami 2025 · 14 Dec 2025
- CubingUSA New England Championship 2025 · 1 Aug 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Pittsburgh Winter 2025 · 15 Feb 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Miami Skewbed 2024 · 16 Nov 2024 — 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 her.
- Chris Chi — met in 16 rounds, never finished ahead
- Alexei Sinyavin — met in 16 rounds, never finished ahead
- Parth Garg — met in 15 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,606 people have one; it is 1.30 away.
- A sub-3 2×2 single — 27,049 people have one; it is 0.95 away.
Targets move as she improves.