People · New Zealand
Joel O'Callaghan
3×3 · top 1.1% of 284,439 all-time · competing since April 2021 · 2021OCAL02
Joel O'Callaghan has been competing for 5 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 6.82, set at Fast Solves in Fendalton 2024, puts him in the top 1.1% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 39th in New Zealand. Until November 2010, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 14 competitions since April 2021, he has put 835 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 76% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 24.54 in April 2021 to 6.82, a 72% improvement. Joel has entered 14 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 | New Zealand | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 6.82 | 9.71 | top 1.1% | 39 / 2,095 | |
| Pyraminx | 3.10 | 5.55 | top 4.0% | 73 / 1,141 | |
| 2×2 | 2.11 | 3.51 | top 5.5% | 127 / 1,615 | |
| Clock | 6.58 | 7.69 | top 9.4% | 42 / 303 | |
| Skewb | 5.09 | 7.95 | top 18.8% | 153 / 666 | |
| Megaminx | 1:36.97 | 2:03.31 | top 32.7% | 119 / 283 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 24.91 | 29.95 | top 34.0% | 187 / 600 | |
| 4×4 | 59.74 | 1:10.22 | top 36.2% | 224 / 722 | |
| Square-1 | 29.24 | 37.01 | top 48.0% | 140 / 251 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 40 moves | — | early days — 3 solves | 70 / 111 | |
| 5×5 | 2:47.42 | 3:00.59 | top 73.6% | 259 / 355 | |
| 6×6 | 9:45.80 | — | early days — 3 solves | 151 / 149 |
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 May 2024Six personal bests in one day at Fast Solves in Fendalton 2024.
- 18 Nov 2023Three personal bests in one day at Lyttelton Spring 2023.
- 27 May 2023Four personal bests in one day at Cashmere Open 2023.
- 19 Nov 2022First sub-10 3×3: 8.79 at Lyttelton Spring 2022.
- 19 Nov 2022Five personal bests in one day at Lyttelton Spring 2022.
- 10 Sep 2022Six personal bests in one day at Opawa Open 2022.
Competitions
- NZ South Island Championship 2026 · 10 Apr 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Eyes Open Open - Ōtautahi 2025 · 20 Sep 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Queenspark O'Clock 2025 · 29 Mar 2025 — 1 personal best set
- New Zealand Nationals 2024 · 13 Dec 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Quick Solving at Cobham 2024 · 6 Jul 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Fast Solves in Fendalton 2024 · 18 May 2024 — 6 personal bests set
- Lyttelton Summer 2024 · 18 Feb 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Lyttelton Spring 2023 · 18 Nov 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Cashmere Open 2023 · 27 May 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- Lyttelton Spring 2022 · 19 Nov 2022 — 5 personal bests set
- Opawa Open 2022 · 10 Sep 2022 — 6 personal bests set
- NZ South Island Championship 2022 · 24 Jun 2022 — 11 personal bests set
- Lyttelton Spring 2021 · 27 Nov 2021 — 7 personal bests set
- NZ South Island Championship 2021 · 17 Apr 2021
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.
- Daniel Fraser — met in 183 rounds, finished ahead 25 times
- Henry Eyles — met in 163 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
- Dwyane Ramos — met in 163 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 0.82 away.
- A sub-3 Pyraminx single — 4,700 people have one; it is 0.10 away.
Targets move as he improves.