People · Australia
Joe Labas
2×2 · top 3.4% of 186,767 all-time · competing since June 2019 · 2019LABA02
Joe Labas has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.77, set at Brilliant Ballarat 2023, puts him in the top 3.4% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 273rd in Australia. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 15 competitions since June 2019, he has put 522 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 76% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 22.35 in August 2019 to 11.02, a 51% improvement. Joe has entered 15 competitions, more competitions than 95% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Australia | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 1.77 | 4.00 | top 3.4% | 273 / 8,567 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.09 | 5.78 | top 8.1% | 373 / 5,993 | |
| 3×3 | 11.02 | 14.21 | top 10.5% | 937 / 11,709 | |
| Clock | 6.93 | 8.81 | top 10.7% | 125 / 1,095 | |
| Square-1 | 13.77 | 16.94 | top 13.7% | 139 / 899 | |
| 4×4 | 42.51 | 52.71 | top 15.1% | 379 / 3,051 | |
| Skewb | 5.57 | 8.05 | top 22.5% | 596 / 3,534 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 34 moves | 45.67 | top 26.7% | 132 / 468 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 23.82 | 27.61 | top 31.0% | 707 / 2,659 | |
| Megaminx | 2:01.76 | 2:26.99 | top 46.7% | 568 / 1,277 | |
| 5×5 | 2:00.25 | 2:05.58 | top 49.4% | 664 / 1,356 | |
| 6×6 | 3:56.16 | — | early days — 1 solve | 399 / 641 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 6:55.66 | — | early days — 2 solves | 369 / 394 |
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
- 28 Dec 2021Five personal bests in one day at December Series: Geelong says So-Long 2021.
- 10 Apr 2021Three personal bests in one day at Solving in Sale 2021.
- 14 Mar 2021Four personal bests in one day at Barwon Cube for the Kids 2021.
- 23 Jan 2021Nine personal bests in one day at Melbourne Summer 2021.
- 29 Dec 2019First sub-15 3×3: 14.23 at Surf Coast Cubing 2019.
- 29 Dec 2019Three personal bests in one day at Surf Coast Cubing 2019.
Competitions
- Brilliant Ballarat 2023 · 25 Feb 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Melbourne Summer 2022 · 21 Jan 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- December Series: Geelong says So-Long 2021 · 28 Dec 2021 — 5 personal bests set
- Cranbourne Crazy Clock Attempt 2 2021 · 18 Dec 2021 — 1 personal best set
- Altona Algorithms Attempt 2 2021 · 17 Apr 2021 — 1 personal best set
- Solving in Sale 2021 · 10 Apr 2021 — 3 personal bests set
- Barwon Cube for the Kids 2021 · 14 Mar 2021 — 4 personal bests set
- Melbourne Summer 2021 · 23 Jan 2021 — 9 personal bests set
- Surf Coast Cubing 2019 · 29 Dec 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Melbourne Cube Days 2019 · 30 Nov 2019 — 4 personal bests set
- Puzzling Pakenham 2019 · 26 Oct 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Altona Algorithms 2019 · 5 Oct 2019 — 4 personal bests set
- Box Hill Big Blind Bonanza 2019 · 14 Sep 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Horsham 2019 · 10 Aug 2019 — 1 personal best set
- FMC 2019 · 15 Jun 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.
- Myles Jarman — met in 120 rounds, finished ahead 22 times
- Patrick Kleverlaan — met in 117 rounds, finished ahead 78 times
- Phoenix Patterson — met in 113 rounds, finished ahead twice
Next targets
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.77 away.
- A sub-4 Pyraminx single — 9,892 people have one; it is 0.09 away.
Targets move as he improves.