People · United States
Joel A. Beck Sarmiento
3×3 · top 6.6% of 284,439 all-time · competing since April 2023 · 2023SARM03
Joel A. Beck Sarmiento has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.70, set at Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2026, puts him in the top 6.6% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3,642nd in the United States. Until November 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 16 competitions since April 2023, he has put 390 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 64% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 39.06 in April 2023 to 9.70, a 75% improvement. Joel has entered 16 competitions, more competitions than 96% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 9.70 | 12.85 | top 6.6% | 3,642 / 59,724 | |
| 2×2 | 2.57 | 3.19 | top 9.6% | 3,790 / 40,951 | |
| Skewb | 5.01 | 13.83 | top 18.2% | 2,892 / 18,907 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.68 | 9.75 | top 25.3% | 6,920 / 28,708 | |
| 4×4 | 1:00.96 | 1:04.28 | top 37.5% | 6,063 / 19,072 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 36.43 | 43.11 | top 59.8% | 8,399 / 15,683 | |
| Megaminx | 3:21.54 | — | top 81.3% | 6,458 / 7,841 | |
| 5×5 | 3:36.49 | — | early days — 2 solves | 8,176 / 9,401 |
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
- 2 Jul 2026First sub-10 3×3: 9.70 at Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2026.
- 7 Dec 2024Three personal bests in one day at River Hill Fall 2024.
- 12 Oct 2024Three personal bests in one day at CubingUSA Mid-Atlantic Championship 2024.
- 21 Sep 2024First sub-15 3×3: 14.05 at UMBC Fall 2024.
- 21 Sep 2024Four personal bests in one day at UMBC Fall 2024.
- 20 Jan 2024First sub-20 3×3: 18.70 at MoCo Cubing Winter 2024.
Competitions
- Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2026 · 2 Jul 2026 — 1 personal best set
- RVA Spring 2026 · 31 May 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Virginia Championship 2025 · 16 Aug 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Colonial Cube Clash VA Summer 2025 · 21 Jun 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- TJHSST Spring 2025 · 7 Jun 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- UMBC Spring 2025 · 10 May 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- River Hill Fall 2024 · 7 Dec 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- CubingUSA Mid-Atlantic Championship 2024 · 12 Oct 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- UMBC Fall 2024 · 21 Sep 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- Cubing at Carson 2024 · 4 May 2024
- Cubing in the Lion's Den 2024 · 10 Feb 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Virginia Still-Open Winter 2024 · 4 Feb 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- MoCo Cubing Winter 2024 · 20 Jan 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Virginia Championship 2023 · 10 Nov 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Virginia Beach Fall 2023 · 30 Sep 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Slow N Steady Spring 2023 · 15 Apr 2023
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.
- Griffin Kim — met in 72 rounds, never finished ahead
- Hassan Khanani — met in 71 rounds, never finished ahead
- Zayn Khanani — met in 71 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.70 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.57 away.
Targets move as he improves.