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Joaquin Ancheta

2×2 · top 12.9% of 186,767 all-time · competing since May 2022 · 2022ANCH02

Joaquin Ancheta has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.88, set at Derwood Cubing Derby Spring 2026, puts him in the top 12.9% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 5,060th in the United States. Across 17 competitions since May 2022, he has put 262 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 72% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 30.00 in May 2022 to 12.98, a 57% improvement. Joaquin has entered 17 competitions, more competitions than 96% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 12.9% of 186,767 all-time
2.88
signature single · Derwood Cubing Derby Spring 2026
262
official solves on the record
14%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 72% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
2×22.885.11
top 12.9%5,060 / 40,951
3×312.9816.76
top 17.3%9,286 / 59,724
Skewb5.109.55
top 18.9%3,008 / 18,907
Pyraminx7.279.96
top 30.1%8,354 / 28,708
Clock12.0512.91
top 35.2%2,785 / 8,927
3×3 one-handed28.2637.60
top 42.6%5,730 / 15,683
4×42:09.31
early days — 3 solves16,140 / 19,072

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

River Hill Spring 2022: 30.00Pennsylvania Championship 2022: 25.91Dunkirk Winter 2023: 26.68Potomac Spring 2023: 32.81Cubing in the Lion's Den 2023: 19.23Algorithms in Antipolo 2023: 20.74CubingUSA Nationals 2023: 20.54Pretzel Mania Summer 2023: 17.95Slow N Steady Fall 2023: 18.18Virginia Championship 2023: 16.92MoCo Cubing Winter 2024: 15.97Slow N Steady UMD Fall 2024: 16.04Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025: 14.79CubingUSA Mid-Atlantic Championship 2025: 18.11Slow N Steady UMD Fall 2025: 12.98Christmas City Cubing PA 2025: 14.08Derwood Cubing Derby Spring 2026: 13.8512.9832.8114 May 20229 May 2026

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 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.88 away.
  • A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 0.98 away.

Targets move as he improves.