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Joel Harrop

Pyraminx · top 0.78% of 129,321 all-time · competing since March 2021 · 2021HARR02

Joel Harrop has been competing for 5 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 1.77, set at Perth Winter 2026, puts him in the top 0.78% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 42nd in Australia. Until April 2012, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 55 competitions since March 2021, he has put 1,654 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 58% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 29.68 in March 2021 to 8.61, a 71% improvement. Joel has entered 55 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

Pyraminx
best event — top 0.78% of 129,321 all-time
1.77
signature single · Perth Winter 2026
1,654
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 58% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingAustralia
Pyraminx1.772.89
top 0.78%42 / 5,993
3×38.6111.69
top 4.0%379 / 11,709
Clock4.956.50
top 4.3%59 / 1,095
2×22.174.74
top 6.0%429 / 8,567
Megaminx56.711:04.75
top 8.3%105 / 1,277
5×51:09.421:18.41
top 11.2%149 / 1,356
4×439.4144.79
top 11.4%298 / 3,051
Skewb4.295.98
top 13.0%340 / 3,534
Square-119.6534.87
top 27.2%264 / 899
7×73:53.974:05.58
top 28.5%127 / 523
6×62:41.702:54.15
top 31.7%198 / 641
3×3 one-handed26.0534.34
top 37.0%845 / 2,659
3×3 Fewest Moves61 moves—
early days — 1 solve441 / 468

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

Craigie Cube-Off 2021: 29.68WA State Championship 2021: 22.26Rockingham Rapid 2021: 20.59Fremantle Fast Fingers 2021: 19.60Perth Summer 2023: 22.77Hurry Up Karrinyup 2023: 17.11Freo Cube-Off 2023: 16.86Perth Autumn 2023: 18.04Mandurah Mayhem 2023: 15.07Quintilian Cube-Off 2023: 14.58Perth Time Trial 2023: 14.99Bunbury's South West Speedsolving 2023: 15.88WA Open 2023: 17.22Butler Blitz 2023: 13.01Speedy South Perth 2023: 13.84Cubing by Quinns Beach 2023: 13.64Perth Puzzle Party 2024: 12.91Murdoch University Open 2024: 15.66Going Fast in Guildford 2024: 14.25Perth Autumn 2024: 12.25Pinjarra Pride and Puzzles 2024: 12.30Mundaring Mixup 2024: 14.46Australian Nationals 2024: 13.55Perth Winter 2024: 13.47Bunbury's South West Speedsolving 2024: 12.34Move It Midland 2024: 12.35Rubik's WCA Oceanic Championship 2024: 12.82Albany Summer Solving 2025: 11.21Freo Cube-Off 2025: 11.59Keep Up Karrinyup 2025: 12.00Perth Autumn 2025: 12.36Perth Winter 2025: 8.61Mandurah Madness 2025: 12.01WA State Championship 2025: 11.22Australian Nationals 2025: 14.01Move It Midland 2025: 13.01Bunbury's South West Speedsolving 2025: 11.92Muchea Cube Day 2025: 12.37Christmas Cubing by Sorrento Beach 2025: 11.06Perth Summer 2026: 12.58Good Solves in Gibson Park 2026: 12.51Only Cubes in Scarborough 2026: 10.91Freo Cube-Off 2026: 11.01Perth Puzzle Party 2026: 10.08Perth Time Trial 2026: 11.27Australian Nationals 2026: 10.78Perth Winter 2026: 11.93Winding Down in Willetton 2026: 10.758.6129.6828 Mar 202115 Aug 2026

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.

  • Amy Smith — met in 359 rounds, finished ahead 35 times
  • Jaxon Foster — met in 314 rounds, finished ahead 49 times
  • Regan Roberts — met in 297 rounds, finished ahead 45 times

Next targets

  • A sub-1 Pyraminx single — 49 people have one; it is 0.77 away.
  • A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.61 away.

Targets move as he improves.