People · Finland
Joel Johannes Penttinen
3×3 · top 4.3% of 288,433 all-time · competing since March 2023 · 2023PENT02
Joel Johannes Penttinen has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.74, set at Kirkkonummen Kuutionvääntelyt 2025, puts him in the top 4.3% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 64th in Finland. Until May 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 12 competitions since March 2023, he has put 816 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 67% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 4×4 best has come down from 1:10.10 in September 2023 to 35.54, a 49% improvement. Joel has entered twelve 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 | Finland | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 8.74 | 10.91 | top 4.3% | 64 / 886 | |
| 4×4 | 35.54 | 38.41 | top 7.3% | 45 / 397 | |
| 2×2 | 2.37 | 3.45 | top 7.7% | 100 / 683 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 15.39 | 17.99 | top 9.0% | 45 / 318 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.39 | 5.85 | top 9.7% | 94 / 558 | |
| 5×5 | 1:12.54 | 1:18.54 | top 13.6% | 42 / 236 | |
| Megaminx | 1:09.71 | 1:18.67 | top 15.5% | 48 / 193 | |
| Skewb | 5.18 | 6.89 | top 19.6% | 126 / 411 | |
| 6×6 | 2:42.72 | 2:50.28 | top 32.3% | 45 / 119 | |
| Square-1 | 32.94 | 40.59 | top 55.0% | 104 / 160 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 7:53.23 | — | early days — 1 solve | 60 / 61 |
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, 4×4. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 6 Sep 2025Five personal bests in one day at VERK VIII 2025.
- 4 Apr 2025Three personal bests in one day at Kirkkonummen Kuutionvääntelyt 2025.
- 17 Oct 2024Four personal bests in one day at Finnish Championship 2024.
- 10 Aug 2024Five personal bests in one day at Autotalo Anime Adventure IX 2024.
- 29 Jun 2024Seven personal bests in one day at Autotalo Anime Adventure VII 2024.
- 20 Apr 2024First sub-10 3×3: 8.83 at Lahen Cubefest 2024.
Competitions
- Finnish Championship 2025 · 17 Oct 2025 — 1 personal best set
- VERK VIII 2025 · 6 Sep 2025 — 5 personal bests set
- Kirkkonummen Kuutionvääntelyt 2025 · 4 Apr 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Helsinki 2024 · 7 Dec 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Finnish Championship 2024 · 17 Oct 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- Autotalo Anime Adventure IX 2024 · 10 Aug 2024 — 5 personal bests set
- Autotalo Anime Adventure VII 2024 · 29 Jun 2024 — 7 personal bests set
- Lahen Cubefest 2024 · 20 Apr 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- Kirkkonummen Kuutionvääntelyt 2024 · 16 Feb 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Kirkkonummen Kuutiokemut 2023 · 10 Nov 2023 — 6 personal bests set
- Puzzling at the Shopping Centre Plaza in Salo 2023 · 2 Sep 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Kirkkonummi Time Trial 2023 · 3 Mar 2023 — 1 personal best 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.
- Luukas Lempinen — met in 176 rounds, finished ahead 10 times
- Niko Ronkainen — met in 173 rounds, finished ahead 10 times
- Niilo Eskelinen — met in 160 rounds, finished ahead 31 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 0.74 away.
- A sub-30 4×4 single — 2,465 people have one; it is 5.54 away.
Targets move as he improves.