People · Canada
Joe Vander Veen
3×3 · top 1.9% of 284,439 all-time · competing since July 2013 · 2013VEEN01
Joe Vander Veen has been competing for 13 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.47, set at Western Ontario Winter 2025, puts him in the top 1.9% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 197th in Canada. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 15 competitions since July 2013, he has put 141 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 66% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 19.31 in July 2013 to 7.47, a 61% 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 | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 7.47 | 11.61 | top 1.9% | 197 / 10,392 | |
| 4×4 | 43.63 | 53.06 | top 16.6% | 418 / 3,118 | |
| 2×2 | 4.06 | 6.44 | top 27.3% | 1,850 / 7,173 | |
| Pyraminx | 10.55 | 13.93 | top 57.2% | 2,786 / 4,858 |
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
- 23 Mar 2025First sub-10 3×3: 7.47 at Western Ontario Winter 2025.
- 21 Jul 2018Three personal bests in one day at Battle of Waterloo 2018.
- 29 Sep 2013First sub-15 3×3: 14.81 at Battle of Waterloo 2013.
- 6 Jul 2013First competition: Canadian Open 2013. A 19.31 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Western Ontario Winter 2025 · 23 Mar 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Waterloo Winter 2025 · 25 Jan 2025
- Battle of Waterloo 2019 · 14 Sep 2019
- Battle of Waterloo 2018 · 21 Jul 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- Oakville Limited Spring 2018 · 28 Apr 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Oakville Limited Winter 2018 · 27 Jan 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Battle of Waterloo 2017 · 23 Sep 2017
- Toronto Limited Summer 2016 · 20 Aug 2016
- Toronto Open Spring 2015 · 25 Apr 2015
- Toronto Open Fall 2014 · 22 Nov 2014
- CanadianCUBING Fifty 2014 · 5 Jul 2014
- Battle of Waterloo 2014 · 31 May 2014
- Toronto Open Spring 2014 · 26 Apr 2014 — 1 personal best set
- Battle of Waterloo 2013 · 29 Sep 2013 — 1 personal best set
- Canadian Open 2013 · 6 Jul 2013
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.
- Shanglin Ye — met in 21 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Ryan Minjun Cho — met in 21 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Brady Metherall — met in 20 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.47 away.
- A sub-40 4×4 single — 10,180 people have one; it is 3.63 away.
Targets move as he improves.