People · United States
Joel Chon
3×3 · top 5.6% of 284,439 all-time · competing since January 2016 · 2016CHON01
Joel Chon has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.31, set at Rutgers Winter 2025, puts him in the top 5.6% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3,129th in the United States. Until February 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 5 competitions since January 2016, he has put 109 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, an early reading from 8 counted rounds. That figure sets aside his 2 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 14.37 in January 2016 to 9.31, a 35% improvement. Joel has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% 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 | 9.31 | 10.84 | top 5.6% | 3,129 / 59,724 | |
| 2×2 | 2.30 | 5.44 | top 7.0% | 2,793 / 40,951 | |
| 4×4 | 46.13 | 50.29 | top 19.7% | 2,996 / 19,072 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 19.83 | 21.48 | top 20.0% | 2,577 / 15,683 | |
| 5×5 | 2:13.29 | — | top 57.2% | 4,862 / 9,401 | |
| Pyraminx | 10.62 | 12.28 | top 57.7% | 16,904 / 28,708 |
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
- 25 Jan 2025Five personal bests in one day at Rutgers Winter 2025.
- 14 Sep 2019First sub-10 3×3: 9.99 at Ridge Cubing Fall 2019.
- 14 Sep 2019Three personal bests in one day at Ridge Cubing Fall 2019.
- 22 Oct 2016Four personal bests in one day at Princeton Fall 2016.
- 9 Jan 2016First competition: Red Cross Cubing Open 2016. A 14.37 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Rutgers Winter 2025 · 25 Jan 2025 — 5 personal bests set
- Ridge Cubing Fall 2019 · 14 Sep 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Big Cube Bash 2017 · 13 May 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- Princeton Fall 2016 · 22 Oct 2016 — 4 personal bests set
- Red Cross Cubing Open 2016 · 9 Jan 2016
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.
- Livia Kleiner — met in 26 rounds, finished ahead once
- Max Chan — met in 23 rounds, finished ahead 11 times
- Jackson DeVico — met in 20 rounds, finished ahead twice
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.31 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.30 away.
Targets move as he improves.