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Joel Cetra

2×2 · top 0.11% of 186,767 all-time · competing since April 2016 · 2016CETR01

Joel Cetra has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 0.69, set at Bretzel Open 2023, puts him in the top 0.11% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 6th in Germany. Until November 2011, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 53 competitions since April 2016, he has put 3,926 official solves on the record across 16 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 74% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 14.66 in April 2016 to 6.39, a 56% improvement. Joel has entered 53 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 0.11% of 186,767 all-time
0.69
signature single · Bretzel Open 2023
3,926
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 74% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingGermany
2×20.691.99
top 0.11%6 / 2,875
3×36.398.82
top 0.76%35 / 4,109
4×426.1030.99
top 1.0%18 / 1,934
Pyraminx2.062.92
top 1.3%22 / 1,987
5×551.5756.25
top 2.2%22 / 1,158
Megaminx44.3352.78
top 2.9%18 / 787
6×61:36.581:41.59
top 3.2%15 / 586
Skewb2.624.96
top 3.3%33 / 1,169
7×72:33.162:40.58
top 4.3%18 / 510
Square-18.8812.51
top 4.3%19 / 533
Clock5.527.48
top 5.8%31 / 634
3×3 one-handed13.9815.60
top 6.1%87 / 1,314
3×3 Fewest Moves26 moves31.00
top 6.2%39 / 338
3×3 blindfolded1:13.771:24.33
top 17.3%60 / 343
4×4 blindfolded6:45.62—
top 35.0%28 / 85
3×3 Multi-Blind5 of 5 cubes · 36:59—
early days — 3 solves59 / 142

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

German Open 2016: 14.66German Nationals 2016: 14.56Cubelonia 2017: 11.25German Open 2017: 11.43German Big Cube Open 2017: 10.18German Nationals 2017: 11.67Cube Weekend St. Michielsgestel 2018: 9.52German Open 2018: 10.66German Nationals 2018: 10.44German Big Cube Open 2018: 10.15Meppel Open 2018: 8.03Bremium Cubing 2019: 7.89Cube Weekend Sint Michielsgestel 2019: 8.95German Open 2019: 9.11Hessen Open 2019: 9.56German Nationals 2019: 8.44Hoogland Open 2019: 8.30Dutch Nationals 2019: 8.00Dutch Open 2019: 7.34German Big Cube Open 2019: 8.83Bremium Winter 2019: 7.43Happy New Year Cubing Hoorn 2020: 8.33Frankfurt Cube Days 2020: 8.44Hamburg International 2020: 8.44Rhein-Neckar Open B 2021: 7.94German Mini Open A 2021: 7.56German Mini Open A 2022: 9.15GamMa Spring 2022: 7.19Tallinn Open 2022: 7.68German Nationals 2022: 8.54Rheinland-Pfalz Open 2022: 7.57Dutch Nationals 2022: 8.33Szczecin Winter 2022: 8.30Frozen Lake Constance 2023: 7.37Bretzel Open 2023: 8.16Cubing in HD 2023: 7.58Serenissima Warm Up 2023: 6.39San Marino Nationals 2023: 7.45NxN Muro Cubea 2023: 7.70German Nationals 2023: 8.33Portugal Championship 2024: 8.75Rubik's German Nationals 2024: 8.29Dutch Nationals 2024: 8.31Oldenburg Oster Open 2025: 7.32Leuven Open 2026: 8.61Bremium Cubing 2026: 8.56Rubik's WCA European Championship 2026: 8.966.3914.669 Apr 201616 Jul 2026

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-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 0.39 away.
  • A sub-25 4×4 single — 588 people have one; it is 1.10 away.

Targets move as he improves.