People · United States
Joel Kwak
2×2 · top 14.5% of 189,179 all-time · competing since April 2022 · 2022KWAK01
Joel Kwak has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 3.02, set at School's Out PLU 2022, puts him in the top 14.5% of the 189,179 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 5,779th in the United States. Across 3 competitions since April 2022, he has put 52 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one, an early reading from 5 counted rounds. Joel has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% 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 | 3.02 | 6.15 | top 14.5% | 5,779 / 41,674 | |
| 3×3 | 15.47 | 18.40 | top 26.1% | 14,451 / 60,666 | |
| Square-1 | 22.33 | 44.38 | top 33.2% | 2,178 / 6,846 | |
| Skewb | 8.93 | 11.92 | top 48.0% | 8,662 / 19,164 | |
| 4×4 | 1:13.10 | 1:21.18 | top 49.9% | 8,515 / 19,354 |
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
- 23 Apr 2022First competition: Bothell Spring 2022. A 15.47 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Rubik's WCA World Championship 2023 · 12 Aug 2023
- School's Out PLU 2022 · 5 Jun 2022
- Bothell Spring 2022 · 23 Apr 2022
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.
- Luke Jankowiak — met in 11 rounds, finished ahead once
- Timothy Castle — met in 11 rounds, never finished ahead
- Benjamin Gottschalk — met in 11 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-3 2×2 single — 27,049 people have one; it is 0.02 away.
- A sub-15 3×3 single — 70,740 people have one; it is 0.47 away.
Targets move as he improves.