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Joel Sanderson

Clock · top 89.7% of 32,048 all-time · competing since February 2023 · 2023SAND01

Joel Sanderson has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the Clock: a personal-best single of 34.99, set at Burke Mountain Cubikon 2025, puts him in the top 89.7% of the 32,048 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 8,014th in the United States. Across 7 competitions since February 2023, he has put 54 official solves on the record across four events. His Pyraminx best has come down from 35.74 in February 2023 to 28.04, a 22% improvement. Joel has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% of everyone who has ever competed.

Clock
best event — top 89.7% of 32,048 all-time
34.99
signature single · Burke Mountain Cubikon 2025
54
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
Clock34.9945.46
top 89.7%8,014 / 8,927
2×224.5739.96
top 97.6%40,291 / 40,951
Pyraminx28.0439.35
top 97.8%28,345 / 28,708
Skewb36.4453.71
top 98.6%18,775 / 18,907

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

Frozen Lake Minnesota 2023: 35.74Minnesota Cube Melt 2023: 37.65Cubing on the Green MN 2025: 28.04Burke Mountain Cubikon 2025: 29.56Eau Clock Wisconsin 2026: 36.8828.0437.6511 Feb 202314 Mar 2026

Best single per competition, Pyraminx. 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-30 Clock single — 27,009 people have one; it is 4.99 away.
  • A sub-20 2×2 single — 178,436 people have one; it is 4.57 away.

Targets move as he improves.