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Joel Kurian Mathew
Skewb · top 18.5% of 74,164 all-time · competing since September 2023 · 2023MATH09
Joel Kurian Mathew has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the Skewb: a personal-best single of 5.04, set at Pretzel Mania Summer 2024, puts him in the top 18.5% of the 74,164 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 511th in India. Across 15 competitions since September 2023, he has put 300 official solves on the record across six 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 3×3 best has come down from 30.21 in September 2023 to 15.67, a 48% improvement. Joel has entered 15 competitions, more competitions than 95% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | India | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Skewb | 5.04 | 9.86 | top 18.5% | 511 / 3,548 | |
| 2×2 | 3.46 | 5.38 | top 19.8% | 1,694 / 12,225 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.71 | 10.86 | top 25.5% | 1,566 / 8,971 | |
| 3×3 | 15.67 | 19.51 | top 26.8% | 3,556 / 20,146 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 47.84 | 56.33 | top 74.7% | 3,063 / 4,534 | |
| 4×4 | 2:09.60 | — | early days — 3 solves | 3,223 / 4,220 |
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
- 31 Aug 2024Five personal bests in one day at Pretzel Mania Summer 2024.
- 21 Jan 2024First sub-20 3×3: 19.68 at Troy Story 2024.
- 4 Nov 2023First sub-30 3×3: 28.96 at North Carolina Championship 2023.
- 2 Sep 2023First competition: Pretzel Mania Summer 2023. A 30.21 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Moore Cubes in Loudoun 2026 · 19 Sep 2026
- NCSU Wolfpack Spring 2026 · 8 Mar 2026
- UMBC Winter 2026 · 14 Feb 2026
- NCSU Wolfpack 2025 · 19 Oct 2025
- TJHSST Spring 2025 · 7 Jun 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Cubing with the Cougars WV 2025 · 1 Feb 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Solving in Savannah 2025 · 4 Jan 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Colonial Cube Clash VA 2024 · 2 Nov 2024
- Pretzel Mania Summer 2024 · 31 Aug 2024 — 5 personal bests set
- Green Summer 2024 · 6 Jul 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Concord Summer 2024 · 9 Jun 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Troy Story 2024 · 21 Jan 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Jacksonville Winter 2023 · 3 Dec 2023 — 1 personal best set
- North Carolina Championship 2023 · 4 Nov 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Pretzel Mania Summer 2023 · 2 Sep 2023
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.
- Leland Pak — met in 31 rounds, finished ahead once
- Panashe Sharma — met in 27 rounds, finished ahead once
- Ledger Ramirez — met in 27 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-5 Skewb single — 13,481 people have one; it is 0.04 away.
- A sub-3 2×2 single — 27,049 people have one; it is 0.46 away.
Targets move as he improves.