People · Singapore
Joel Tan
3×3 blindfolded · top 3.4% of 12,178 all-time · competing since July 2015 · 2015TANJ02
Joel Tan has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the 3×3 blindfolded: a personal-best single of 27.10, set at Only 3x3s in Perth 2024, puts him in the top 3.4% of the 12,178 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 5th in Singapore. Until October 2012, no official 3×3 blindfolded solve in the world had been that fast. Across 17 competitions since July 2015, he has put 312 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 64% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 13.93 in July 2015 to 10.32, a 26% improvement. Joel has entered 17 competitions, more competitions than 96% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Singapore | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 blindfolded | 27.10 | — | top 3.4% | 5 / 81 | |
| 3×3 | 10.32 | 12.79 | top 8.4% | 223 / 1,546 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 18.26 | 21.93 | top 15.8% | 117 / 460 | |
| 4×4 | 43.34 | 51.89 | top 16.2% | 136 / 462 | |
| 5×5 | 1:37.33 | 1:43.48 | top 33.3% | 124 / 251 | |
| 2×2 | 5.07 | 6.93 | top 40.2% | 545 / 1,053 |
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
- 25 May 2024Three personal bests in one day at Only 3x3s in Perth 2024.
- 29 Apr 2023Three personal bests in one day at Perth Autumn 2023.
- 22 Jul 2017Three personal bests in one day at Perth Winter 2017.
- 3 Apr 2016Three personal bests in one day at Perth Cube-Con 2016.
- 18 Jul 2015First competition: Perth Winter 2015. A 17.93 3×3 single to start from.
- 18 Jul 2015First sub-15 3×3: 13.93 at Perth Winter 2015.
Competitions
- Perth Winter 2025 · 21 Jun 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Only 3x3s in Perth 2024 · 25 May 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Pinjarra Puzzle Party 2023 · 16 Jul 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Perth Autumn 2023 · 29 Apr 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Get a Success in Success 2023 · 26 Feb 2023
- Warm Up Mandurah 2022 · 3 Sep 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Slow Down Perth 2022 · 19 Jun 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Speedy South Perth 2020 · 14 Nov 2020 — 1 personal best set
- Slow Down Perth 2020 · 15 Mar 2020 — 1 personal best set
- Koalafication Perth 2019 · 25 May 2019
- Perth Puzzle Party 2019 · 12 Jan 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Perth Autumn 2018 · 7 Apr 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Perth Winter 2017 · 22 Jul 2017 — 3 personal bests set
- Perth Winter 2016 · 24 Jul 2016 — 2 personal bests set
- Perth Cube-Con 2016 · 3 Apr 2016 — 3 personal bests set
- Perth Summer 2016 · 31 Jan 2016 — 1 personal best set
- Perth Winter 2015 · 18 Jul 2015 — 2 personal bests set
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.
- Zak Kenny — met in 53 rounds, finished ahead 13 times
- Joshua Hounslow — met in 53 rounds, finished ahead 11 times
- James Holdsworth — met in 48 rounds, finished ahead 24 times
Next targets
- A sub-25 3×3 blindfolded single — 355 people have one; it is 2.10 away.
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.32 away.
Targets move as he improves.