People · United States
Joel Sattler
Skewb · top 3.7% of 74,164 all-time · competing since April 2022 · 2022SATT02
Joel Sattler has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the Skewb: a personal-best single of 2.72, set at Pretzel Mania Summer 2024, puts him in the top 3.7% of the 74,164 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 596th in the United States. Until February 2014, no official Skewb solve in the world had been that fast. Across 7 competitions since April 2022, he has put 239 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one; 91% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 16.44 in April 2022 to 9.03, a 45% improvement. Joel has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Skewb | 2.72 | 7.44 | top 3.7% | 596 / 19,164 | |
| 3×3 | 9.03 | 14.45 | top 5.0% | 2,818 / 60,666 | |
| 2×2 | 3.28 | 4.67 | top 17.6% | 6,995 / 41,674 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.88 | 10.40 | top 26.9% | 7,479 / 29,168 | |
| 4×4 | 1:12.75 | 1:17.81 | top 49.6% | 8,445 / 19,354 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 32.33 | 43.73 | top 52.0% | 7,278 / 15,900 | |
| 5×5 | 2:05.09 | 2:30.12 | top 52.6% | 4,497 / 9,537 | |
| Square-1 | 45.52 | 1:08.08 | top 71.7% | 4,771 / 6,846 |
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
- 3 Sep 2022Six personal bests in one day at Pretzel Mania 2022.
- 3 Jul 2022First sub-15 3×3: 9.03 at Bay Area Speedcubin' 34 - San Ramon 2022.
- 3 Jul 2022First sub-10 3×3: 9.03 at Bay Area Speedcubin' 34 - San Ramon 2022.
- 3 Jul 2022Three personal bests in one day at Bay Area Speedcubin' 34 - San Ramon 2022.
- 30 Apr 2022First competition: Utah Puzzling for Awareness 2022. A 16.44 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Cumberland County Fall 2024 · 26 Oct 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Pretzel Mania Summer 2024 · 31 Aug 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Cubing in the Ocean County 2024 · 29 Jun 2024
- Think In Fink Fall 2022 · 1 Oct 2022
- Pretzel Mania 2022 · 3 Sep 2022 — 6 personal bests set
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 34 - San Ramon 2022 · 3 Jul 2022 — 3 personal bests set
- Utah Puzzling for Awareness 2022 · 30 Apr 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.
- Brandon Ervin — met in 33 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Eli Ozsvath — met in 33 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Zach Ridall — met in 33 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-2 Skewb single — 1,031 people have one; it is 0.72 away.
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 1.03 away.
Targets move as he improves.