People · United States
Joe Norton
2×2 · top 0.58% of 186,767 all-time · competing since December 2017 · 2017NORT02
Joe Norton has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.01, set at Cube Against Cancer Buffalo 2025, puts him in the top 0.58% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 240th in the United States. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 66 competitions since December 2017, he has put 2,120 official solves on the record across 14 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 56% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 32.60 in December 2017 to 9.99, a 69% improvement. Joe has entered 66 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 1.01 | 1.94 | top 0.58% | 240 / 40,951 | |
| 3×3 | 9.99 | 12.80 | top 7.4% | 4,080 / 59,724 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.27 | 8.27 | top 9.0% | 2,335 / 28,708 | |
| 4×4 | 40.96 | 50.35 | top 13.2% | 1,968 / 19,072 | |
| Clock | 8.42 | 10.93 | top 17.2% | 1,309 / 8,927 | |
| Skewb | 4.99 | 7.82 | top 18.0% | 2,858 / 18,907 | |
| Square-1 | 16.78 | 22.88 | top 20.5% | 1,378 / 6,743 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 21.51 | 26.90 | top 24.6% | 3,170 / 15,683 | |
| 5×5 | 1:29.52 | 1:35.97 | top 26.9% | 2,097 / 9,401 | |
| Megaminx | 1:33.63 | 1:52.17 | top 30.4% | 2,138 / 7,841 | |
| 6×6 | 2:54.56 | 3:18.25 | top 38.3% | 1,386 / 4,196 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 38 moves | 46.00 | top 40.9% | 879 / 2,040 | |
| 7×7 | 5:13.85 | 5:31.60 | top 55.1% | 1,619 / 3,184 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 7:48.44 | — | early days — 1 solve | 1,970 / 2,092 |
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
- 31 Jan 2026First sub-10 3×3: 9.99 at Lewis Center Side Events 2026.
- 8 Jul 2023Five personal bests in one day at Michigan 2023.
- 19 Feb 2023Three personal bests in one day at Ohio State Mini Sunday 2023.
- 17 Dec 2022Five personal bests in one day at Pittsburgh Fall 2022.
- 13 Aug 2022Four personal bests in one day at Pittsburgh Summer A 2022.
- 24 Jul 2022Three personal bests in one day at Howland Returns 2022.
Competitions
- GA Cuber Jackets Spring 2026 · 16 May 2026
- Return to Green OH 2026 · 29 Mar 2026
- Bowling Green Spring 2026 · 28 Mar 2026
- Oberlin Weeknights I 2026 · 19 Mar 2026
- Lewis Center Side Events 2026 · 31 Jan 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Two Buffalo Cube Days 2026 · 17 Jan 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Kids America Christmas Clash OH 2025 · 13 Dec 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Bowling Green Fall 2025 · 16 Nov 2025
- Oberlin Big Cubes 2025 · 15 Nov 2025
- Cincinnati Cube Challenge 2025 · 11 Oct 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Michigan Championship 2025 · 15 Aug 2025
- Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025 · 3 Jul 2025 — 1 personal best set
- St. Bonaventure 2025 · 28 Jun 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Cube Against Cancer Buffalo 2025 · 5 Apr 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Bowling Green 2025 · 30 Mar 2025
- NxNationwide Lewis Center 2025 · 8 Feb 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Ohio State Winter 2025 · 18 Jan 2025
- Washtenaw Mini 3 2024 · 20 Dec 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Barberton Mini 5 2024 · 16 Dec 2024 — 1 personal best set
- A Buffalo Cube Day 2024 · 23 Nov 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Ohio State Fall 2024 · 10 Nov 2024
- Buckeye Big Cubes Ohio State 2024 · 9 Nov 2024
- Barberton Mini 3 2024 · 21 Oct 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Gem City: The Birthplace of Aviation OH 2024 · 17 Aug 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Get Ready Grove City 2024 · 13 Jul 2024
- FMCow Ohio State Summer 2024 · 22 Jun 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Barberton Mini 1 2024 · 17 Jun 2024
- Ohio State RPAC Cube Clash 2024 · 23 Mar 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Ohio State Duos III 2024 · 7 Mar 2024
- Eastwood Cubing 2024 · 17 Feb 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- BHT Pyraminx Bash 2024 · 20 Jan 2024
- Ohio State Duos I 2024 · 19 Jan 2024
- Dublin Ohio Cubing Winter 2023 · 28 Dec 2023
- Washtenaw Autumn 2023 · 17 Dec 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- CubingUSA Great Lakes Championship 2023 · 20 Oct 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Bulldog Fall 2023 · 23 Sep 2023 — 1 personal best set
- CubingUSA Nationals 2023 · 27 Jul 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Michigan 2023 · 8 Jul 2023 — 5 personal bests set
- Ohio State Summer Solving 2023 · 10 Jun 2023 — 1 personal best set
- NA Stadium Series - Cleveland 2023 · 29 Apr 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Ohio State Spring Scarlet 2023 · 8 Apr 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Take a Break Ohio State 2023 · 17 Mar 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Ohio State Mini Sunday 2023 · 19 Feb 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Ohio State RPAC Cube Clash 2023 · 18 Feb 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Ohio State Mental Warmup 2023 · 17 Feb 2023
- Bulldog Winter 2023 · 28 Jan 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Pittsburgh Fall 2022 · 17 Dec 2022 — 5 personal bests set
- Ohio State Fall Scarlet 2022 · 30 Oct 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Ohio Valley Open 2022 · 1 Oct 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Pittsburgh Summer A 2022 · 13 Aug 2022 — 4 personal bests set
- Howland Returns 2022 · 24 Jul 2022 — 3 personal bests set
- Pittsburgh Winter 2022 · 13 Mar 2022 — 3 personal bests set
- Garrettsville G-Men Classic 2020 · 1 Feb 2020 — 4 personal bests set
- Imagination Station 2020 · 18 Jan 2020
- Pittsburgh Fall 2019 · 7 Dec 2019 — 5 personal bests set
- Kent Fall 2019 · 16 Nov 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Cuyahoga Cubing 2019 · 14 Sep 2019 — 6 personal bests set
- Battle for Toledo 2019 · 13 Jul 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Bulldog Qualifier 2019 · 22 Jun 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Kent State Taco Bash 2019 · 4 May 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Garrettsville G-Men Classic 2019 · 26 Jan 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Shaker Fall 2018 · 1 Dec 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Kent State Taco Bash 2018 · 5 May 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Shaker Spring 2018 · 14 Apr 2018
- Howland Winter 2018 · 10 Mar 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Shaker Fall 2017 · 2 Dec 2017
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.
- Jack Pfeifer — met in 271 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Braden Richards — met in 265 rounds, finished ahead 39 times
- Luke Garrett — met in 249 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
Next targets
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.01 away.
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.99 away.
Targets move as he improves.