People · United States
Joel V. Stratemeyer
2×2 · top 1.7% of 186,767 all-time · competing since February 2023 · 2023STRA05
Joel V. Stratemeyer has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.39, set at Missouri Championship 2025, puts him in the top 1.7% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 673rd in the United States. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 10 competitions since February 2023, he has put 355 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 86% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 25.24 in February 2023 to 12.52, a 50% improvement. Joel has entered ten competitions, more competitions than 92% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 1.39 | 4.68 | top 1.7% | 673 / 40,951 | |
| Skewb | 2.86 | 4.12 | top 4.3% | 665 / 18,907 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.38 | 8.54 | top 15.6% | 4,105 / 28,708 | |
| 3×3 | 12.52 | 15.18 | top 15.7% | 8,409 / 59,724 | |
| Megaminx | 1:58.47 | 2:04.67 | top 44.8% | 3,286 / 7,841 | |
| Clock | 14.53 | 19.95 | top 46.0% | 3,712 / 8,927 | |
| 4×4 | 1:10.02 | 1:27.44 | top 46.9% | 7,807 / 19,072 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 40.53 | 45.14 | top 66.0% | 9,384 / 15,683 |
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 May 2025Five personal bests in one day at Kansas City Side Events 2025.
- 16 Aug 2024Three personal bests in one day at Missouri Championship 2024.
- 9 Mar 2024Three personal bests in one day at Algs in Ankeny 2024.
- 21 Oct 2023First sub-20 3×3: 15.70 at KCKC 3 Cubing for Cake 2023.
- 21 Oct 2023First sub-15 3×3: 12.78 at KCKC 3 Cubing for Cake 2023.
- 21 Oct 2023Four personal bests in one day at KCKC 3 Cubing for Cake 2023.
Competitions
- Missouri Championship 2025 · 18 Jul 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Kansas City Side Events 2025 · 3 May 2025 — 5 personal bests set
- Cubing at Iowa State 2025 · 1 Mar 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Concordia Turning Fall 2024 · 7 Dec 2024
- KCKC 6 Cubing for Cake 2024 · 12 Oct 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Missouri Championship 2024 · 16 Aug 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Algs in Ankeny 2024 · 9 Mar 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- CoMO Cubing Winter 2024 · 3 Feb 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- KCKC 3 Cubing for Cake 2023 · 21 Oct 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- KC Krazy Cubing Winter 2023 · 11 Feb 2023
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.
- Trenton Cuzick — met in 70 rounds, finished ahead 12 times
- Josiah Bell — met in 63 rounds, finished ahead 8 times
- Shawn Doyle — met in 48 rounds, finished ahead 23 times
Next targets
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.39 away.
- A sub-2 Skewb single — 1,013 people have one; it is 0.86 away.
Targets move as he improves.