People · New Zealand
Joel Potter
2×2 · top 1.4% of 186,767 all-time · competing since September 2018 · 2018POTT07
Joel Potter has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.32, set at A New Year in Auckland 2025, puts him in the top 1.4% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 54th in New Zealand. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 11 competitions since September 2018, he has put 428 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 67% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 42.85 in September 2018 to 10.61, a 75% improvement. Joel has entered eleven competitions, more competitions than 93% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | New Zealand | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 1.32 | 4.77 | top 1.4% | 54 / 1,615 | |
| 3×3 | 10.61 | 12.19 | top 9.3% | 204 / 2,095 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.47 | 6.06 | top 10.1% | 153 / 1,141 | |
| Clock | 6.94 | 9.00 | top 10.7% | 51 / 303 | |
| 4×4 | 38.93 | 47.64 | top 10.9% | 94 / 722 | |
| Skewb | 4.12 | 7.21 | top 11.7% | 97 / 666 | |
| 5×5 | 1:52.91 | 2:11.45 | top 44.6% | 158 / 355 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 29.43 | 34.57 | top 45.3% | 250 / 600 | |
| Megaminx | 2:31.18 | 2:51.86 | top 61.7% | 191 / 283 |
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
- 17 Jan 2025Four personal bests in one day at A New Year in Auckland 2025.
- 1 Jul 2023Five personal bests in one day at Auckland Mid-Year Madness 2023.
- 17 Apr 2021Four personal bests in one day at NZ South Island Championship 2021.
- 8 Jan 2021Six personal bests in one day at A New Year in Auckland 2021.
- 29 Feb 2020Three personal bests in one day at Auckland Summer Open 2020.
- 13 Dec 2019First sub-15 3×3: 14.35 at New Zealand Nationals 2019.
Competitions
- A New Year in Auckland 2025 · 17 Jan 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Max Speed Milford 2024 · 30 Nov 2024
- Auckland Mid-Year Madness 2023 · 1 Jul 2023 — 5 personal bests set
- NZ South Island Championship 2021 · 17 Apr 2021 — 4 personal bests set
- A New Year in Auckland 2021 · 8 Jan 2021 — 6 personal bests set
- Auckland Summer Open 2020 · 29 Feb 2020 — 3 personal bests set
- New Zealand Nationals 2019 · 13 Dec 2019 — 4 personal bests set
- Otago October 2019 · 5 Oct 2019 — 7 personal bests set
- WCA World Championship 2019 · 11 Jul 2019 — 1 personal best set
- NxNZ 2019 · 26 Apr 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Auckland Spring 2018 · 1 Sep 2018
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.
- Elyas Eyou — met in 75 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Luke Heath-Edwards — met in 71 rounds, finished ahead 19 times
- Brandon Harris — met in 67 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
Next targets
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.32 away.
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.61 away.
Targets move as he improves.