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Joel David Hibbert

3×3 · top 0.3% of 284,439 all-time · competing since January 2021 · 2021HIBB01

Joel David Hibbert has been competing for 6 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 5.62, set at MarsdeNxN 2024, puts him in the top 0.3% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 39th in Australia. Until March 2013, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 16 competitions since January 2021, he has put 870 official solves on the record across 14 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 57% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 9.67 in January 2021 to 5.62, a 42% improvement. Joel has entered 16 competitions, more competitions than 96% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 0.3% of 284,439 all-time
5.62
signature single · MarsdeNxN 2024
870
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 57% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingAustralia
3×35.628.60
top 0.3%39 / 11,709
Megaminx42.5151.26
top 2.3%33 / 1,277
3×3 one-handed11.5415.17
top 2.4%57 / 2,659
5×556.401:03.17
top 3.9%57 / 1,356
4×433.0337.54
top 5.0%134 / 3,051
Pyraminx3.726.76
top 6.3%278 / 5,993
2×22.233.68
top 6.5%484 / 8,567
Square-115.9822.77
top 18.6%178 / 899
6×62:16.872:22.57
top 18.9%106 / 641
7×73:44.083:50.29
top 24.9%114 / 523
3×3 blindfolded2:14.84—
top 38.2%165 / 394
Skewb8.8911.75
top 47.7%1,512 / 3,534
3×3 Multi-Blind2 of 2 cubes · 11:36—
early days — 1 solve116 / 180
Clock32.05—
top 86.8%943 / 1,095

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

Brisbane Is Back On 2021: 9.67Queensland Open 2022: 8.25Brisbane Summer 2023: 8.29Australian Nationals 2023: 8.90QUT Qube Challenge Sunday 2023: 8.26Brisbane Summer 2024: 8.27Queensland Open 2024: 8.71Chilling in Toowoomba 2024: 7.58MarsdeNxN 2024: 5.62Speedy Southport 2024: 7.98Cubing at The Cube 2025: 8.51Brisbane Summer 2025: 7.67QLD State Championship 2025: 8.02Wide Bay Cubing 2025: 8.84Australian Nationals 2025: 8.315.629.6716 Jan 20212 Oct 2025

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-5 3×3 single — 344 people have one; it is 0.62 away.
  • A sub-40 Megaminx single — 557 people have one; it is 2.51 away.

Targets move as he improves.