People · United States
Joel Farkasdi
2×2 · top 3.9% of 189,179 all-time · competing since April 2017 · 2017FARK02
Joel Farkasdi has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.85, set at Bowling Green 2025, puts him in the top 3.9% of the 189,179 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,553rd in the United States. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 13 competitions since April 2017, he has put 272 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one; 92% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 35.28 in April 2017 to 9.36, a 73% improvement. Joel has entered 13 competitions, more competitions than 94% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 1.85 | 3.00 | top 3.9% | 1,553 / 41,674 | |
| Skewb | 2.96 | 6.32 | top 4.8% | 761 / 19,164 | |
| 3×3 | 9.36 | 10.05 | top 5.8% | 3,262 / 60,666 | |
| 4×4 | 52.49 | 55.13 | top 27.9% | 4,362 / 19,354 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 24.18 | 32.57 | top 32.1% | 4,234 / 15,900 | |
| Square-1 | 22.35 | 23.86 | top 33.3% | 2,183 / 6,846 | |
| Pyraminx | 7.71 | 8.76 | top 33.8% | 9,688 / 29,168 |
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
- 30 Mar 2025Four personal bests in one day at Bowling Green 2025.
- 3 Feb 2018First sub-15 3×3: 12.10 at Husky Showdown 2018.
- 3 Feb 2018First sub-10 3×3: 9.63 at Husky Showdown 2018.
- 3 Feb 2018Three personal bests in one day at Husky Showdown 2018.
- 16 Sep 2017First sub-30 3×3: 17.92 at Glass City Open 2017.
- 16 Sep 2017First sub-20 3×3: 17.92 at Glass City Open 2017.
Competitions
- Bowling Green Fall 2026 · 3 Oct 2026
- Bowling Green Fall 2025 · 16 Nov 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Bowling Green 2025 · 30 Mar 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Flag City Summer 2023 · 22 Jul 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Flag City Spring 2019 · 28 Apr 2019
- Imagination Station 2018 · 15 Dec 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Flag City Fall 2018 · 20 Oct 2018
- Holy Toledo Summer 2018 · 21 Jul 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Flag City Spring 2018 · 29 Apr 2018
- Husky Showdown 2018 · 3 Feb 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- Glass City Open 2017 · 16 Sep 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- Queen City 2017 · 3 Jun 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- Shaker Spring 2017 · 8 Apr 2017
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.
- Jack Pfeifer — met in 40 rounds, finished ahead once
- Luke Garrett — met in 39 rounds, never finished ahead
- Braden Richards — met in 38 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
Next targets
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,050 people have one; it is 0.85 away.
- A sub-2 Skewb single — 1,031 people have one; it is 0.96 away.
Targets move as he improves.