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Joel Hernández

3×3 · top 10.9% of 284,439 all-time · competing since November 2007 · 2007HERN02

Joel Hernández has been competing for 19 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 11.14, set at Tecla Cube Open 2019, puts him in the top 10.9% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 31st in El Salvador. Across 89 competitions since November 2007, he has put 2,226 official solves on the record across 16 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 84% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 29.68 in November 2007 to 11.14, a 62% improvement. Joel has entered 89 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 10.9% of 284,439 all-time
11.14
signature single · Tecla Cube Open 2019
2,226
official solves on the record
15%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 84% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingEl Salvador
3×311.1416.30
top 10.9%31 / 351
2×22.956.08
top 13.7%28 / 248
3×3 blindfolded1:13.871:47.33
top 17.4%2 / 9
Clock10.1812.97
top 26.0%5 / 23
Pyraminx6.9511.50
top 27.5%41 / 161
Skewb6.269.35
top 27.8%22 / 73
4×453.911:01.75
top 29.4%33 / 100
3×3 one-handed25.8335.98
top 36.4%27 / 98
3×3 Multi-Blind5 of 5 cubes · 40:49—
top 37.6%1 / 3
5×51:49.932:09.89
top 42.6%18 / 58
Square-128.6339.53
top 46.8%8 / 20
Megaminx2:21.022:35.41
top 56.9%25 / 35
6×63:55.094:46.19
top 63.8%16 / 22
7×75:46.975:55.17
top 64.4%12 / 16
4×4 blindfolded14:39.00—
early days — 2 solves2 / 2
3×3 Fewest Moves57 moves—
top 91.3%14 / 16

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

Caltech Fall competition 2007: 29.68Discovery Science Center 10th Anniversary 2008: 19.58Rubik Amati 2014: 16.61Sivar Open 2015: 17.33IGA Rubik 2016: 15.69Tecla Rubik 2016: 17.64Skillcon 2016: 16.95Guatemala Nationals 2017: 16.98Tecla Rubik 2017: 16.82Villa Nueva Open 2017: 14.94Latin America Cubing Tour - Guatemala 2017: 14.61IGA Rubik 2017: 16.56Bekubes Costa Rica 2017: 16.39Guatemala Championship 2017: 14.81Happy Cubing El Salvador 2017: 16.31GuateMaya Open 2017: 20.95Cubing for Life Honduras 2017: 18.91Santa Tecla Cubo Desafio 2018: 18.05Big Bang Open 2018: 18.73Bekubes Open 2018: 16.25Nacionales Guatemala 2018: 18.45San Marcos SB Open 2018: 15.23Santa Ana Open 2018: 17.01DFW Cubing Fiesta June 2018: 14.10Ixchel 2018: 17.02IGA 2018: 15.93CONIA Internacional 2018: 15.69Nacionales El Salvador 2018: 14.78Pasión Cubera Honduras 2019: 14.63Tecla Cube Open 2019: 11.14Copa Lamatepec 2019: 14.58Big Bang Open 2019: 18.07Teletón Salamá 2019: 14.85Sucursal Del Cielo 2019: 13.55Instituto Guatemalteco Americano 2019: 16.05Nacionales Guatemala 2019: 16.45Nacionales El Salvador 2019: 14.57Cubing Cafetalon Recargado 2020: 15.91Santa Tecla NxN 2021: 14.88Happy Cubing Acton 2021: 14.84Happy Cubing Acton Fall 2021: 19.02GuateMaya 2021: 16.41Santa Ana Open 2022: 16.00Ixchel 2022: 16.07Back To Cubing Chiriquí 2022: 15.59Cubing Party Xela 2022: 14.28Arkadia 2022: 15.85Reto del Guaz 2022: 16.21Tegucigalpa Open 2022: 16.04El Palmar Cubing Fest 2022: 16.17Auditorium de la Paz Cubea 2022: 16.85Cubeando en El Cubo Z 2022: 15.10El CUBO Tour Zacamil 2022: 15.88El CUBO Tour San Miguel 2022: 17.11Nacionales Guatemala 2022: 17.89Desafío de Memoria en el MUPI 2023: 16.48Acton Cubing 2023: 15.29Cubing Party Xela 2023: 15.85El CUBO Tour Santa Ana 2023: 16.88Guazapa Open 2023: 15.78Liceo Salvadoreño Open 2023: 16.12Nacionales El Salvador 2023: 14.18Centro Comercial Panamá Bogotá 2024: 14.07Cubing Acton El Salvador 2024: 16.74Desafío Cubo CRAI UCA 2024: 14.11Nacionales El Salvador 2024: 14.88Bogotá No Duerme 2024: 16.52Avenida Chile XIX 2025: 15.62Cubeando en El Cubo Z 2025: 13.16Caré Open 2025: 13.16Berakas Cubing 2025: 14.59Villamar Cubing I 2025: 14.46La Cacería GT 2025: 14.96Credisa Open 2025: 14.49Desafío Rubik's Guatemala 2025: 15.07Nacionales El Salvador 2025: 14.93Cubeando en El Cubo Z 2026: 15.35La Cacería GT 2026: 13.34WCA South American Championship 2026: 16.31UVG Cubing 2026: 12.97Défi à l'Alliance Française El Salvador 2026: 15.03Cubing Acton El Salvador 2026: 14.61Verapaz Open 2026: 15.3911.1429.6810 Nov 200729 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.

Next targets

  • A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 1.14 away.
  • A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.95 away.

Targets move as he improves.