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Joey Cavanagh

3×3 · top 4.4% of 284,439 all-time · competing since January 2018 · 2018CAVA01

Joey Cavanagh has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.78, set at Try Cubing in St Helens 2026, puts him in the top 4.4% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 409th in Australia. Until May 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 24 competitions since January 2018, he has put 773 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 76% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. That figure sets aside his 16 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 40.44 in January 2018 to 8.78, a 78% improvement. Joey has entered 24 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 4.4% of 284,439 all-time
8.78
signature single · Try Cubing in St Helens 2026
773
official solves on the record
14%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 76% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingAustralia
3×38.7811.30
top 4.4%409 / 11,709
Pyraminx3.708.07
top 6.3%276 / 5,993
2×22.433.80
top 8.2%616 / 8,567
Skewb4.738.19
top 16.2%417 / 3,534
4×452.7057.79
top 28.0%735 / 3,051
3×3 one-handed24.1631.67
top 31.9%727 / 2,659
Megaminx2:12.142:31.79
top 52.3%640 / 1,277
Square-131.6955.83
top 52.7%518 / 899
5×52:42.042:54.94
top 71.4%1,007 / 1,356
6×68:12.37—
early days — 2 solves625 / 641

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

Hobart Summer 2018: 40.44Hobart Open 2019: 17.35Turn Around Tassie 2020: 19.71TAS State Championship 2021: 18.69Tassie Summer - Sorell 2022: 13.96Tassie Twist Off 2022: 14.18Launceston Autumn 2023: 12.85Tassie Winter 2023: 13.56Australian Nationals 2023: 12.48Speedy South Perth 2023: 12.25Tassie Summer 2024: 12.99Try Cubing Hobart 2024: 13.48Hobart Winter 2024: 9.77North Tasmania Spring 2024: 11.55Tassie Summer 2025: 10.77TAS State Championship 2025: 11.72Australian Nationals 2025: 12.06Try Cubing in St Helens 2026: 8.78Tassie Summer 2026: 10.30Tamar Valley Turning 2026: 9.73Hobart Autumn 2026: 10.64Australian Nationals 2026: 10.968.7840.4427 Jan 20189 Jul 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-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.78 away.
  • A sub-3 Pyraminx single — 4,700 people have one; it is 0.70 away.

Targets move as he improves.