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Joel Clark Zajdel
Pyraminx · top 22.6% of 129,321 all-time · competing since October 2022 · 2022ZAJD01
Joel Clark Zajdel has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 6.35, set at Don't Pop Preble 2024, puts him in the top 22.6% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 6,099th in the United States. Across 5 competitions since October 2022, he has put 58 official solves on the record across three events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one, an early reading from 5 counted rounds. His Pyraminx best has come down from 17.99 in January 2023 to 6.35, a 65% 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 6.35 | 11.68 | top 22.6% | 6,099 / 28,708 | |
| 2×2 | 6.23 | 8.23 | top 53.2% | 21,728 / 40,951 | |
| 3×3 | 27.86 | 31.07 | top 58.6% | 34,695 / 59,724 |
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, Pyraminx. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 14 Dec 2024First sub-30 3×3: 29.33 at Don't Pop Preble 2024.
- 3 Nov 2024Three personal bests in one day at Swoop in and Solve Oxford 2024.
- 30 Oct 2022First competition: Ohio State Fall Scarlet 2022. A 54.78 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Gem City Ohio Showdown 2025 · 11 Jan 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Don't Pop Preble 2024 · 14 Dec 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Swoop in and Solve Oxford 2024 · 3 Nov 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- FMC in a Gem City Temple 2023 · 21 Jan 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Ohio State Fall Scarlet 2022 · 30 Oct 2022
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.
- Chris Nankervis — met in 12 rounds, never finished ahead
- Harsha Paladugu — met in 12 rounds, never finished ahead
- Braden Richards — met in 12 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-6 Pyraminx single — 25,870 people have one; it is 0.35 away.
- A sub-6 2×2 single — 95,042 people have one; it is 0.23 away.
Targets move as he improves.