People · United Kingdom
Joel Davies
3×3 · top 2.7% of 288,433 all-time · competing since October 2022 · 2022DAVI39
Joel Davies has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.96, set at Stevenage November 2023, puts him in the top 2.7% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 224th in the United Kingdom. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 7 competitions since October 2022, he has put 307 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 88% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 12.94 in October 2022 to 7.96, a 38% improvement. Joel has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United Kingdom | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 7.96 | 10.97 | top 2.7% | 224 / 6,785 | |
| 2×2 | 1.75 | 2.42 | top 3.4% | 250 / 4,946 | |
| 4×4 | 40.80 | 43.86 | top 13.1% | 310 / 2,112 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.79 | 9.00 | top 18.5% | 724 / 3,704 | |
| 5×5 | 1:22.16 | 1:26.89 | top 21.0% | 283 / 1,167 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 23.97 | 28.90 | top 31.5% | 577 / 1,861 | |
| Square-1 | 23.12 | 32.65 | top 35.0% | 314 / 789 | |
| Skewb | 7.23 | 9.14 | top 35.6% | 852 / 2,439 | |
| Megaminx | 1:54.98 | — | top 43.3% | 505 / 998 | |
| 7×7 | 4:52.01 | 5:22.06 | top 48.4% | 243 / 463 | |
| 6×6 | 3:32.59 | — | early days — 1 solve | 349 / 560 |
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
- 10 Feb 2024Three personal bests in one day at Stevenage February 2024.
- 16 Sep 2023First sub-10 3×3: 9.39 at Stevenage September 2023.
- 16 Sep 2023Three personal bests in one day at Stevenage September 2023.
- 20 May 2023Five personal bests in one day at Stevenage May 2023.
- 4 Feb 2023Three personal bests in one day at Guildford Winter 2023.
- 1 Oct 2022First competition: Stevenage Autumn B 2022. A 15.63 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Stevenage December 2024 · 7 Dec 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Stevenage February 2024 · 10 Feb 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Stevenage November 2023 · 25 Nov 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Stevenage September 2023 · 16 Sep 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Stevenage May 2023 · 20 May 2023 — 5 personal bests set
- Guildford Winter 2023 · 4 Feb 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Stevenage Autumn B 2022 · 1 Oct 2022 — 2 personal bests 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.
- Noah Calderon-Kamata — met in 55 rounds, finished ahead 7 times
- Felix Hincks — met in 53 rounds, finished ahead 17 times
- Joshua Da Costa — met in 51 rounds, finished ahead 16 times
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,419 people have one; it is 1.96 away.
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,050 people have one; it is 0.75 away.
Targets move as he improves.