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Joe Davis

2×2 · top 3.6% of 186,767 all-time · competing since January 2016 · 2016DAVI05

Joe Davis has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.81, set at WA State Championship 2025, puts him in the top 3.6% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 284th in Australia. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 25 competitions since January 2016, he has put 1,097 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 66% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 34.69 in January 2016 to 8.76, a 75% improvement. Joe has entered 25 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 3.6% of 186,767 all-time
1.81
signature single · WA State Championship 2025
1,097
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 66% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingAustralia
2×21.813.33
top 3.6%284 / 8,567
Skewb2.764.10
top 3.9%127 / 3,534
3×38.7610.92
top 4.3%405 / 11,709
Pyraminx3.434.44
top 5.2%231 / 5,993
4×434.9942.45
top 6.7%177 / 3,051
Megaminx1:08.201:17.79
top 14.6%177 / 1,277
3×3 one-handed18.1623.80
top 15.5%345 / 2,659
5×51:17.101:20.83
top 16.9%222 / 1,356
Square-116.4621.64
top 19.7%190 / 899
Clock9.2911.20
top 21.5%246 / 1,095
7×73:39.403:46.86
top 23.3%104 / 523
6×62:27.292:40.89
top 24.2%143 / 641
3×3 Fewest Moves44 moves50.00
top 62.5%278 / 468

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

Perth Summer 2016: 34.69Perth Cube-Con 2016: 19.52Perth Summer 2017: 25.33Perth Winter 2017: 18.06Perth Autumn 2018: 16.16Perth Puzzle Party 2019: 13.58Koalafication Perth 2019: 13.59Westcoast Woodvale Weekends 2019: 12.38Perth Puzzle Party 2020: 10.20Perth Late Night 2020: 10.80South Perth Summer 2020: 10.17York Cube Day 2021: 9.80Showground Showdown 2021: 9.83Craigie Cube-Off 2021: 9.83Puzzling Pinjarra 2021: 8.76Reading Spring 2023: 10.13WA State Championship 2025: 10.14Muchea Cube Day 2025: 11.17Perth Summer 2026: 10.428.7634.6931 Jan 201631 Jan 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-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.81 away.
  • A sub-2 Skewb single — 1,013 people have one; it is 0.76 away.

Targets move as he improves.