People · United States
Joel Chan
3×3 · top 14.7% of 284,439 all-time · competing since April 2022 · 2022CHAN27
Joel Chan has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 12.22, set at Cubing at Iowa State 2025, puts him in the top 14.7% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 7,835th in the United States. Across 3 competitions since April 2022, he has put 69 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 10% around a typical one, an early reading from 7 counted rounds. Joel has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% 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 | 12.22 | 13.71 | top 14.7% | 7,835 / 59,724 | |
| 2×2 | 4.15 | 7.50 | top 28.4% | 11,245 / 40,951 | |
| 4×4 | 1:05.95 | 1:11.91 | top 42.8% | 7,043 / 19,072 | |
| Pyraminx | 12.21 | 15.62 | top 68.5% | 20,268 / 28,708 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 1:10.06 | — | early days — 2 solves | 13,570 / 15,683 |
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
- 29 Apr 2022First competition: CubingUSA Heartland Championship 2022. A 15.04 3×3 single to start from.
- 29 Apr 2022First sub-15 3×3: 13.36 at CubingUSA Heartland Championship 2022.
Competitions
- Cubing at Iowa State 2025 · 1 Mar 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Algs in Ankeny 2024 · 9 Mar 2024 — 1 personal best set
- CubingUSA Heartland Championship 2022 · 29 Apr 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.
- Brandon Mikel — met in 15 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Shain Papalotl Longbehn — met in 15 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Chris Van Der Brink — met in 15 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 0.22 away.
- A sub-4 2×2 single — 49,452 people have one; it is 0.15 away.
Targets move as he improves.