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Joey Connor

2×2 · top 0.39% of 186,767 all-time · competing since March 2022 · 2022CONN01

Joey Connor has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 0.91, set at Queenspark O'Clock 2025, puts him in the top 0.39% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 24th in New Zealand. Until November 2011, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 14 competitions since March 2022, he has put 836 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 87% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 17.81 in March 2022 to 8.12, a 54% improvement. Joey has entered 14 competitions, more competitions than 95% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 0.39% of 186,767 all-time
0.91
signature single · Queenspark O'Clock 2025
836
official solves on the record
11%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 87% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingNew Zealand
2×20.913.59
top 0.39%24 / 1,615
3×38.129.42
top 3.0%91 / 2,095
Pyraminx3.334.75
top 4.8%83 / 1,141
4×435.8440.03
top 7.5%65 / 722
Skewb3.585.51
top 8.2%79 / 666
3×3 one-handed18.4022.07
top 16.2%103 / 600
Square-116.1825.29
top 19.0%55 / 251
5×51:20.271:32.57
top 19.3%82 / 355
Clock8.9810.32
top 19.9%79 / 303
Megaminx1:19.441:31.72
top 21.4%82 / 283
6×64:12.954:43.40
top 69.7%114 / 149
7×76:38.87
early days — 1 solve105 / 126

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

Lyttelton Autumn 2022: 17.81NZ South Island Championship 2022: 12.74Opawa Open 2022: 11.80Lyttelton Spring 2022: 11.95New Zealand Nationals 2022: 11.33Groundhog Day in Somerfield 2024: 12.53New Zealand Nationals 2024: 9.53Queenspark O'Clock 2025: 8.12Crazy Cubing in Christchurch 2025: 9.35NZ South Island Championship 2025: 8.34Hurry Up Halswell 2025: 8.28Twisty Te Raekura 2025: 8.13Eyes Open Open - Ōtautahi 2025: 8.62NxNs in November - Ōtautahi 2025: 8.678.1217.815 Mar 20222 Nov 2025

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 0.12 away.
  • A sub-3 Pyraminx single — 4,700 people have one; it is 0.33 away.

Targets move as he improves.