People · United States
Joel Martin
3×3 · top 9.6% of 284,439 all-time · competing since June 2016 · 2016MART46
Joel Martin has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.70, set at Brooklyn Waldorf Winter 2025, puts him in the top 9.6% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 5,203rd in the United States. Until August 2006, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 3 competitions since June 2016, he has put 54 official solves on the record across six 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 10.70 | 11.73 | top 9.6% | 5,203 / 59,724 | |
| 2×2 | 3.32 | 4.85 | top 18.0% | 7,054 / 40,951 | |
| 4×4 | 51.30 | 57.15 | top 26.3% | 4,053 / 19,072 | |
| Pyraminx | 11.40 | 17.55 | top 63.3% | 18,664 / 28,708 | |
| Clock | 22.21 | — | early days — 2 solves | 6,098 / 8,927 | |
| Megaminx | 3:29.10 | — | early days — 2 solves | 6,647 / 7,841 |
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
- 18 Jun 2016First competition: Cubing Knights 2016. A 11.06 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Manhattan Mini PM 2026 · 22 Aug 2026
- Brooklyn Waldorf Winter 2025 · 7 Dec 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Cubing Knights 2016 · 18 Jun 2016 — 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.
- Alex Maass — met in 8 rounds, finished ahead once
- Parker Trager — met in 8 rounds, never finished ahead
- Nico Ozsvath — met in 8 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.70 away.
- A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.32 away.
Targets move as he improves.