People · United Kingdom
Joe Akehurst
3×3 · top 16.7% of 284,439 all-time · competing since May 2019 · 2019AKEH01
Joe Akehurst has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 12.78, set at Guildford Open 2020, puts him in the top 16.7% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,122nd in the United Kingdom. Across 3 competitions since May 2019, he has put 82 official solves on the record across ten events. His 4×4 best has come down from 2:04.48 in May 2019 to 47.70, a 62% improvement. Joe 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 Kingdom | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 12.78 | 18.17 | top 16.7% | 1,122 / 6,689 | |
| 4×4 | 47.70 | 51.95 | top 21.7% | 490 / 2,071 | |
| 5×5 | 1:25.79 | 1:38.27 | top 23.9% | 320 / 1,151 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 2:05.14 | 2:28.35 | top 35.1% | 149 / 311 | |
| Pyraminx | 8.24 | 10.51 | top 38.2% | 1,538 / 3,656 | |
| 7×7 | 4:35.89 | 4:47.29 | early days — 3 solves | 209 / 459 | |
| 2×2 | 5.64 | 6.83 | top 47.0% | 2,459 / 4,895 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 31.51 | 37.33 | top 50.1% | 891 / 1,851 | |
| 6×6 | 3:27.76 | 3:37.93 | early days — 3 solves | 325 / 548 | |
| Megaminx | 2:16.21 | — | early days — 2 solves | 619 / 966 |
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, 4×4. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 9 Apr 2022Three personal bests in one day at Farnworth Spring A 2022.
- 18 Jan 2020First sub-20 3×3: 12.78 at Guildford Open 2020.
- 18 Jan 2020First sub-15 3×3: 12.78 at Guildford Open 2020.
- 18 Jan 2020Five personal bests in one day at Guildford Open 2020.
- 11 May 2019First competition: London Open 2019. A 23.38 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Farnworth Spring A 2022 · 9 Apr 2022 — 3 personal bests set
- Guildford Open 2020 · 18 Jan 2020 — 5 personal bests set
- London Open 2019 · 11 May 2019
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.
- Callum Hales-Jepp — met in 26 rounds, never finished ahead
- Mengfei Shen (沈梦非) — met in 26 rounds, never finished ahead
- James Molloy — met in 24 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 0.78 away.
- A sub-40 4×4 single — 10,180 people have one; it is 7.70 away.
Targets move as he improves.