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Joel Yang

2×2 · top 4.7% of 186,767 all-time · competing since October 2022 · 2022YANG28

Joel Yang has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.00, set at T-Town Showdown 2022, puts him in the top 4.7% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,891st in the United States. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 3 competitions since October 2022, he has put 40 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 6 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 11.62 in October 2022 to 10.23, a 12% improvement. Joel has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 4.7% of 186,767 all-time
2.00
signature single · T-Town Showdown 2022
40
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
2×22.005.15
top 4.7%1,891 / 40,951
3×310.2313.32
top 8.1%4,477 / 59,724

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

T-Town Showdown 2022: 11.62TN Speedsolving Winter 2024: 15.72CubingUSA Southeast Championship 2026: 10.2310.2315.7222 Oct 202225 Apr 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-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 1.00 away.
  • A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.23 away.

Targets move as he improves.