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Joey Saia

Pyraminx · top 0.17% of 129,321 all-time · competing since October 2017 · 2017SAIA01

Joey Saia has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 1.23, set at Battle of Waterloo 2019, puts him in the top 0.17% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 56th in the United States. Until January 2018, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 24 competitions since October 2017, he has put 1,120 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 59% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 11.62 in October 2017 to 5.72, a 51% improvement. Joey has entered 24 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.

Pyraminx
best event — top 0.17% of 129,321 all-time
1.23
signature single · Battle of Waterloo 2019
1,120
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 59% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
Pyraminx1.232.83
top 0.17%56 / 28,708
3×35.727.40
top 0.34%226 / 59,724
Skewb1.453.08
top 0.38%62 / 18,907
2×21.402.36
top 1.7%690 / 40,951
3×3 one-handed11.2014.69
top 2.1%328 / 15,683
Clock5.557.06
top 5.9%451 / 8,927
4×439.3444.55
top 11.3%1,668 / 19,072
Megaminx1:14.101:22.58
top 18.1%1,225 / 7,841
3×3 blindfolded1:32.372:03.72
top 23.9%488 / 2,092
Square-120.6528.86
top 29.4%1,908 / 6,743
5×52:17.93—
early days — 2 solves5,143 / 9,401

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

Pickering 2017: 11.62Oakville Limited Winter 2018: 10.68Upstate Cubing 2018: 8.74Oakville Limited Fall 2018: 8.75CubingUSA Nationals 2019: 8.80Battle of Waterloo 2019: 7.77Ken-Ton Cubing 2019: 7.57Leap to Barrie 2020: 6.13ROC the Cube 2022: 7.05Flower City Cube Fest 2022: 7.37Lake Erie Cubing Clash 2022: 5.72Oakville Fall B 2022: 7.36Appleby Winter A 2023: 6.56Nickel City 2023: 6.80ROC the Cube 2023: 6.36CubingUSA Mid-Atlantic Championship 2023: 6.75CubingUSA Nationals 2023: 7.30ROC the Cube 2024: 7.32Blizzard Blitz NY 2025: 6.34One-Handed Open NY 2025: 7.64RIT Tiger Twist 2026: 7.22Brockport Bash 2026: 5.865.7211.6214 Oct 201718 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.

  • Ryan Wu — met in 116 rounds, finished ahead 43 times
  • Brennen Lin — met in 91 rounds, finished ahead 30 times
  • Evan Liu — met in 89 rounds, finished ahead 51 times

Next targets

  • A sub-1 Pyraminx single — 49 people have one; it is 0.23 away.
  • A sub-5 3×3 single — 344 people have one; it is 0.72 away.

Targets move as he improves.