People · New Zealand
Joe South
3×3 blindfolded · top 23.5% of 12,178 all-time · competing since March 2024 · 2024SOUT03
Joe South has been competing for 2 years. His best event is the 3×3 blindfolded: a personal-best single of 1:31.26, set at GAN New Zealand Nationals 2026, puts him in the top 23.5% of the 12,178 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 32nd in New Zealand. Across 12 competitions since March 2024, he has put 214 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 67% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 24.73 in March 2024 to 15.15, a 39% improvement. Joe has entered twelve competitions, more competitions than 94% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | New Zealand | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 blindfolded | 1:31.26 | — | top 23.5% | 32 / 86 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.60 | 12.57 | top 24.6% | 348 / 1,141 | |
| 3×3 | 15.15 | 18.71 | top 24.9% | 504 / 2,095 | |
| 2×2 | 4.41 | 9.11 | top 31.8% | 556 / 1,615 | |
| 4×4 | 1:03.55 | 1:16.07 | top 40.2% | 260 / 722 | |
| 5×5 | 2:13.40 | 2:43.37 | top 57.3% | 197 / 355 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 40.73 | 49.04 | top 66.3% | 361 / 600 | |
| 6×6 | 5:19.60 | — | top 85.0% | 131 / 149 | |
| Skewb | 17.53 | 20.91 | top 85.2% | 595 / 666 | |
| 7×7 | 7:50.86 | — | early days — 2 solves | 112 / 126 |
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
- 10 Jul 2026Four personal bests in one day at GAN New Zealand Nationals 2026.
- 21 Jun 2025Four personal bests in one day at Wellington Winter 2025.
- 17 May 2025Four personal bests in one day at Wellington Skewb Showdown 2025.
- 13 Dec 2024First sub-20 3×3: 19.25 at New Zealand Nationals 2024.
- 30 Mar 2024First competition: Welcome to Wellington 2024. A 24.73 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- GAN New Zealand Nationals 2026 · 10 Jul 2026 — 4 personal bests set
- NZ Cubing Heptathlon 2026 · 29 Mar 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Porten til Ishavet 2026 · 17 Jan 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Wellington Spring 2025 · 22 Nov 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- NZ Cubing in the Capital 2025 · 13 Sep 2025
- Solve Well in Wellington 2025 · 23 Aug 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Wellington Winter 2025 · 21 Jun 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- More Cubes Karori 2025 · 18 May 2025
- Wellington Skewb Showdown 2025 · 17 May 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- New Zealand Nationals 2024 · 13 Dec 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Only Cubes in Wellington 2024 · 14 Sep 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Welcome to Wellington 2024 · 30 Mar 2024
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.
- Aneurin Hunt — met in 56 rounds, finished ahead once
- Jack McDougall — met in 56 rounds, never finished ahead
- Dylan Himmelfarb — met in 56 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-1:30 3×3 blindfolded single — 2,810 people have one; it is 1.26 away.
- A sub-6 Pyraminx single — 25,870 people have one; it is 0.60 away.
Targets move as he improves.