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Joe Nowak

2×2 · top 0.59% of 186,767 all-time · competing since May 2012 · 2012NOWA01

Joe Nowak has been competing for 14 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.02, set at Schwerin Open 2026, puts him in the top 0.59% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 26th in Germany. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 17 competitions since May 2012, he has put 1,124 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 87% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 16.46 in May 2012 to 6.32, a 62% improvement. Joe has entered 17 competitions, more competitions than 96% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 0.59% of 186,767 all-time
1.02
signature single · Schwerin Open 2026
1,124
official solves on the record
11%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 87% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingGermany
2×21.023.62
top 0.59%26 / 2,875
3×36.328.11
top 0.7%30 / 4,109
4×429.9033.65
top 2.8%56 / 1,934
3×3 one-handed12.0515.18
top 3.1%38 / 1,314
5×558.421:04.60
top 4.7%46 / 1,158
6×62:05.892:16.41
top 13.6%56 / 586
Pyraminx5.138.49
top 14.0%361 / 1,987
7×73:20.933:32.45
top 16.6%61 / 510
3×3 Fewest Moves36 moves42.67
top 33.6%127 / 338
Megaminx1:56.382:03.14
top 43.8%327 / 787
Skewb10.5117.49
top 58.1%755 / 1,169
Clock58.68—
early days — 1 solve633 / 634

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

Berlin Open 2012: 16.46Berlin Open 2013: 10.00Schleswig-Holstein Open 2013: 8.55Velbert Easter Open 2014: 9.71Berlin Open 2014: 9.75New Zealand Nationals 2014: 7.97Wellington Winter 2015: 9.38Berlin Summer Cube Days 2016: 8.60Hamburg International 2019: 7.73Aasee Algorithms 2023: 6.32German Nationals 2023: 8.26Rahn Education Open 2024: 7.20Rubik's German Nationals 2024: 7.00Back to Berlin 2024: 6.69Cottbus Cubing 2025: 7.43Rahn Education Advent Open 2025: 7.46Schwerin Open 2026: 7.706.3216.4612 May 201221 Feb 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 0.02 away.
  • A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 0.32 away.

Targets move as he improves.