People · United States
Joel Nieves
3×3 · top 15.3% of 284,439 all-time · competing since February 2019 · 2019NIEV01
Joel Nieves has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 12.40, set at Puzzles at Wisconsin Spring 2022, puts him in the top 15.3% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 8,181st in the United States. Across 6 competitions since February 2019, he has put 107 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 54% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 16.62 in February 2019 to 12.40, a 25% improvement. Joel has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% 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 | 12.40 | 14.16 | top 15.3% | 8,181 / 59,724 | |
| 2×2 | 3.77 | 4.56 | top 23.6% | 9,256 / 40,951 | |
| 4×4 | 1:06.49 | 1:08.92 | top 43.4% | 7,152 / 19,072 | |
| Pyraminx | 10.49 | 12.63 | top 56.8% | 16,620 / 28,708 | |
| Skewb | 12.81 | 18.07 | top 69.9% | 13,131 / 18,907 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 49.10 | — | early days — 2 solves | 11,050 / 15,683 | |
| 5×5 | 3:08.46 | — | early days — 2 solves | 7,347 / 9,401 |
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
- 28 May 2022Three personal bests in one day at Puzzles at Wisconsin Spring 2022.
- 20 Oct 2019First sub-15 3×3: 13.74 at Lake Country Fall 2019.
- 20 Oct 2019Three personal bests in one day at Lake Country Fall 2019.
- 16 Feb 2019First competition: Albany Winter 2019. A 17.29 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Wisconsin on Ice 2026 · 24 Jan 2026
- Get to the Point 2022 · 10 Sep 2022
- Puzzles at Wisconsin Spring 2022 · 28 May 2022 — 3 personal bests set
- Lake Country Fall 2019 · 20 Oct 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Chicago Area Twist Spring 2019 · 16 Jun 2019
- Albany Winter 2019 · 16 Feb 2019 — 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.
- Ant Irizarry — met in 24 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Brian Johnson — met in 24 rounds, never finished ahead
- Simon Kellum — met in 20 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 0.40 away.
- A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.77 away.
Targets move as he improves.