People · United Kingdom
Joe Greenland
Square-1 · top 4.0% of 25,272 all-time · competing since February 2019 · 2019GREE02
Joe Greenland has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the Square-1: a personal-best single of 8.68, set at Essex Winter 2022, puts him in the top 4.0% of the 25,272 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 39th in the United Kingdom. Until October 2010, no official Square-1 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 25 competitions since February 2019, he has put 1,253 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 81% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 25.01 in February 2019 to 11.05, a 56% improvement. Joe has entered 25 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United Kingdom | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Square-1 | 8.68 | 12.50 | top 4.0% | 39 / 778 | |
| 2×2 | 2.07 | 3.63 | top 5.2% | 384 / 4,895 | |
| Pyraminx | 3.91 | 5.85 | top 7.2% | 282 / 3,656 | |
| Skewb | 3.42 | 5.42 | top 7.2% | 159 / 2,421 | |
| 3×3 | 11.05 | 13.66 | top 10.6% | 765 / 6,689 | |
| 5×5 | 1:16.73 | 1:48.16 | top 16.6% | 218 / 1,151 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 19.86 | 22.40 | top 20.1% | 384 / 1,851 | |
| Megaminx | 1:25.24 | 1:40.64 | top 25.1% | 290 / 966 | |
| 4×4 | 51.24 | 54.95 | top 26.2% | 586 / 2,071 | |
| Clock | 10.77 | 11.92 | top 29.0% | 384 / 1,232 | |
| 7×7 | 4:38.27 | 5:07.63 | top 43.9% | 213 / 459 | |
| 6×6 | 3:09.37 | 3:25.23 | top 45.4% | 279 / 548 |
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
- 9 Jul 2022Six personal bests in one day at Stevenage Summer 2022.
- 25 Jun 2022Four personal bests in one day at Cheltenham Summer 2022.
- 30 Apr 2022Five personal bests in one day at Stevenage Spring 2022.
- 19 Mar 2022Seven personal bests in one day at Weston-super-Mare Open 2022.
- 19 Feb 2022Three personal bests in one day at West London Open 2022.
- 29 Jan 2022Four personal bests in one day at Wakefield Open 2022.
Competitions
- Chichester April 2025 · 26 Apr 2025
- 2x2 at 2 in Prague 2024 · 31 Aug 2024
- Rubik's UK Championship 2023 · 20 Oct 2023
- Stevenage May 2023 · 20 May 2023
- Reading Spring 2023 · 22 Apr 2023
- Essex Spring 2023 · 8 Apr 2023
- Newham Side Events Winter 2023 · 11 Feb 2023
- Essex Winter 2022 · 3 Dec 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Kewbz UK Championship 2022 · 28 Oct 2022
- Chippenham Autumn 2022 · 8 Oct 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Stevenage Autumn B 2022 · 1 Oct 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Rubik's WCA European Championship 2022 · 14 Jul 2022
- Stevenage Summer 2022 · 9 Jul 2022 — 6 personal bests set
- Cheltenham Summer 2022 · 25 Jun 2022 — 4 personal bests set
- Stevenage Spring 2022 · 30 Apr 2022 — 5 personal bests set
- Weston-super-Mare Open 2022 · 19 Mar 2022 — 7 personal bests set
- West London Open 2022 · 19 Feb 2022 — 3 personal bests set
- Wakefield Open 2022 · 29 Jan 2022 — 4 personal bests set
- Doncaster Open 2020 · 22 Feb 2020 — 4 personal bests set
- Fontwell Open 2020 · 8 Feb 2020 — 3 personal bests set
- Guildford Open 2020 · 18 Jan 2020 — 5 personal bests set
- UK Championship 2019 · 25 Oct 2019 — 6 personal bests set
- High Wycombe Open 2019 · 8 Jun 2019 — 6 personal bests set
- London Open 2019 · 11 May 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Fontwell Open 2019 · 9 Feb 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.
- Ben Stokes — met in 249 rounds, finished ahead 20 times
- Cham J. Chambers — met in 202 rounds, finished ahead 21 times
- Charlie Stark — met in 195 rounds, finished ahead 20 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 Square-1 single — 766 people have one; it is 0.68 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.07 away.
Targets move as he improves.