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Joe May

2×2 · top 45.9% of 186,767 all-time · competing since March 2023 · 2023MAYJ01

Joe May has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 5.55, set at Corduff Cubing Saturday 2024, puts him in the top 45.9% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 571st in Ireland. Across 4 competitions since March 2023, he has put 62 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, an early reading from 5 counted rounds. His 2×2 best has come down from 16.59 in March 2023 to 5.55, a 67% improvement. Joe has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 45.9% of 186,767 all-time
5.55
signature single · Corduff Cubing Saturday 2024
62
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingIreland
2×25.558.01
top 45.9%571 / 1,163
3×322.4725.59
top 46.7%662 / 1,427
Pyraminx10.2314.51
top 54.8%553 / 911
Megaminx2:36.59
early days — 2 solves186 / 283
3×3 one-handed57.85
early days — 2 solves349 / 448

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

Turnin' in Termonfeckin Sunday 2023: 16.59Cubing with the Cats Saturday 2023: 8.98Meath Autumn 2023: 5.67Corduff Cubing Saturday 2024: 5.555.5516.5912 Mar 202317 Feb 2024

Best single per competition, 2×2. 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-5 2×2 single — 73,413 people have one; it is 0.55 away.
  • A sub-20 3×3 single — 113,584 people have one; it is 2.47 away.

Targets move as he improves.