People · United States
Joel Norton
Clock · top 3.0% of 32,048 all-time · competing since November 2023 · 2023NORT11
Joel Norton has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the Clock: a personal-best single of 4.32, set at CubingUSA Great Lakes Championship 2025, puts him in the top 3.0% of the 32,048 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 255th in the United States. Until June 2015, no official Clock solve in the world had been that fast. Across 5 competitions since November 2023, he has put 74 official solves on the record across three events. His Clock best has come down from 8.14 in November 2023 to 4.32, a 47% improvement. Joel has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clock | 4.32 | 5.77 | top 3.0% | 255 / 8,927 | |
| Skewb | 4.27 | 10.27 | top 12.8% | 1,984 / 18,907 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.45 | 8.57 | top 23.4% | 6,345 / 28,708 |
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, Clock. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 18 Nov 2023First competition: Peoria Fall 2023.
Competitions
- CubingUSA Great Lakes Championship 2025 · 1 Aug 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Racing Kane 2025 · 1 Mar 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Land of Lincoln 2024 · 10 Aug 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- DuPage Winter 2024 · 3 Feb 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Peoria Fall 2023 · 18 Nov 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.
- Lucy Grace Bryson — met in 13 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
- Leah Hamende — met in 13 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
- Simon Kellum — met in 13 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
Next targets
- A sub-4 Clock single — 741 people have one; it is 0.32 away.
- A sub-4 Skewb single — 7,977 people have one; it is 0.27 away.
Targets move as he improves.