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Joel Rubano

3×3 · top 49.2% of 284,439 all-time · competing since February 2024 · 2024RUBA01

Joel Rubano has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 23.52, set at The Battle of Concord MA 2026, puts him in the top 49.2% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 28,635th in the United States. Across 5 competitions since February 2024, he has put 26 official solves on the record across two events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, an early reading from 5 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 36.14 in February 2024 to 23.52, a 35% improvement. Joel has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 49.2% of 284,439 all-time
23.52
signature single · The Battle of Concord MA 2026
26
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×323.5227.61
top 49.2%28,635 / 59,724
4×42:08.42
early days — 2 solves16,057 / 19,072

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

Fall River Cubikon 2024: 36.14The Battle of Concord 2024: 44.77CubingUSA New England Championship 2024: 31.64CubingUSA New England Championship 2025: 27.90The Battle of Concord MA 2026: 23.5223.5244.774 Feb 20248 Feb 2026

Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.

The story so far

Competitions

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.

Next targets

  • A sub-20 3×3 single — 113,584 people have one; it is 3.52 away.
  • A sub-2:00 4×4 single — 68,574 people have one; it is 8.42 away.

Targets move as he improves.