People · United States
Joel An
3×3 · top 3.6% of 284,439 all-time · competing since December 2022 · 2022ANJO01
Joel An has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.43, set at UCSD Extravaganza 2023, puts him in the top 3.6% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,034th in the United States. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 13 competitions since December 2022, he has put 213 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 72% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 12.94 in December 2022 to 8.43, a 35% improvement. Joel has entered 13 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 | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 8.43 | 11.06 | top 3.6% | 2,034 / 59,724 | |
| 2×2 | 2.47 | 4.27 | top 8.6% | 3,389 / 40,951 | |
| Pyraminx | 8.92 | 10.84 | top 44.1% | 12,654 / 28,708 | |
| Clock | 20.20 | 21.96 | top 65.2% | 5,572 / 8,927 |
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
- 11 Mar 2023First sub-10 3×3: 8.93 at Circle City Turbocharged 2023.
- 11 Mar 2023Three personal bests in one day at Circle City Turbocharged 2023.
- 31 Dec 2022First competition: San Diego's Final Cube-Down 2022. A 13.26 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- San Diego Newcomers 2024 · 16 Mar 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Fullerton Winter 2024 · 24 Feb 2024
- University Heights Cubing Winter 2024 · 27 Jan 2024
- UCSD Extravaganza 2023 · 7 Oct 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Corona Summer 2023 · 2 Sep 2023
- Santa Ana Summer A 2023 · 19 Aug 2023
- Agoura Cubing 2023 · 17 Jun 2023
- UCSD For Hemophilia 2023 · 3 Jun 2023
- Give Back RPV 2023 · 29 Apr 2023
- Circle City Turbocharged 2023 · 11 Mar 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Marshall Cubing Spring 2023 · 4 Mar 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Oak Valley Winter B 2023 · 25 Feb 2023 — 1 personal best set
- San Diego's Final Cube-Down 2022 · 31 Dec 2022 — 1 personal best set
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.
- Kyeongmin Choi (최경민) — met in 38 rounds, never finished ahead
- August Barnard — met in 37 rounds, finished ahead 21 times
- Alex Lehman — met in 29 rounds, finished ahead 18 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.43 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.47 away.
Targets move as he improves.