People · United States
Joel Penetrante
3×3 · top 3.5% of 284,439 all-time · competing since May 2022 · 2022PENE01
Joel Penetrante has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.40, set at Nub Open Mission Viejo Summer 2024, puts him in the top 3.5% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,001st in the United States. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 12 competitions since May 2022, he has put 286 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 10% around a typical one, steadier than 97% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 12.15 in May 2022 to 8.40, a 31% improvement. Joel has entered twelve competitions, more competitions than 94% 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 | 8.40 | 9.40 | top 3.5% | 2,001 / 59,724 | |
| 2×2 | 2.08 | 3.05 | top 5.3% | 2,105 / 40,951 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.42 | 8.38 | top 9.8% | 2,538 / 28,708 | |
| 4×4 | 42.24 | 43.83 | top 14.8% | 2,211 / 19,072 | |
| Square-1 | 17.25 | 21.37 | top 21.5% | 1,434 / 6,743 | |
| Skewb | 5.50 | 8.10 | top 22.0% | 3,504 / 18,907 | |
| 5×5 | 1:29.34 | 1:34.55 | top 26.7% | 2,085 / 9,401 | |
| 7×7 | 6:11.45 | — | early days — 1 solve | 2,158 / 3,184 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 6:28.43 | — | early days — 1 solve | 1,853 / 2,092 |
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
- 30 Mar 2025Three personal bests in one day at Cube Against Cancer - Orange County 2025.
- 14 Jul 2024Three personal bests in one day at Nub Open Mission Viejo Summer 2024.
- 30 Mar 2024Four personal bests in one day at Los Angeles Newcomers 2024.
- 22 Jul 2023Three personal bests in one day at Agoura Cubing Again 2023.
- 7 Oct 2022First sub-10 3×3: 9.68 at WCC Western Championship 2022.
- 21 May 2022First competition: Geffen Spring 2022. A 12.15 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Cube Against Cancer - Orange County 2025 · 30 Mar 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Nub Open Lake Forest 2024 · 15 Dec 2024
- Nub Open Mission Viejo Summer 2024 · 14 Jul 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Los Angeles Newcomers 2024 · 30 Mar 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- USC Cubing 2024 · 3 Feb 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Irvine Fall 2023 · 24 Sep 2023
- Santa Ana Summer B 2023 · 19 Aug 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Agoura Cubing Again 2023 · 22 Jul 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- CubingUSA Western Championship 2023 · 30 Jun 2023 — 1 personal best set
- WCC Western Championship 2022 · 7 Oct 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Irvine Summer 2022 · 28 Aug 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Geffen Spring 2022 · 21 May 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.
- Ethan Yeh — met in 55 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Shane Grogan — met in 45 rounds, finished ahead 7 times
- Kyeongmin Choi (최경민) — met in 44 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.40 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.08 away.
Targets move as he improves.