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Joel Casanova Soto

3×3 · top 9.4% of 284,439 all-time · competing since October 2022 · 2022SOTO09

Joel Casanova Soto has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.65, set at Sant Valentí a Parets 2023, puts him in the top 9.4% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 380th in Spain. Until August 2006, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 3 competitions since October 2022, he has put 57 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 9% around a typical one, an early reading from 6 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 14.73 in October 2022 to 10.65, a 28% improvement. Joel has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 9.4% of 284,439 all-time
10.65
signature single · Sant Valentí a Parets 2023
57
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingSpain
3×310.6514.84
top 9.4%380 / 5,141
4×452.4253.96
top 27.7%377 / 1,762
3×3 one-handed26.7338.66
top 38.7%438 / 1,315
5×51:53.172:08.07
top 44.8%317 / 863
Square-11:29.36
early days — 2 solves533 / 604

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

Minyons de Terrassa Open 2022: 14.73Potablava Open 2022: 12.99Sant Valentí a Parets 2023: 10.6510.6514.7322 Oct 202218 Feb 2023

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-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.65 away.
  • A sub-50 4×4 single — 20,746 people have one; it is 2.42 away.

Targets move as he improves.