People · United States
Joey Zara
3×3 · top 22.2% of 284,439 all-time · competing since November 2015 · 2015ZARA03
Joey Zara has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 14.34, set at River Hill Fall 2025, puts him in the top 22.2% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 11,974th in the United States. Across 10 competitions since November 2015, he has put 66 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 63% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 31.77 in November 2015 to 14.34, a 55% improvement. Joey 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 14.34 | 17.24 | top 22.2% | 11,974 / 59,724 | |
| 2×2 | 6.32 | 7.27 | top 54.2% | 22,106 / 40,951 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 35.75 | 37.99 | top 58.6% | 8,187 / 15,683 | |
| Skewb | 24.10 | — | early days — 1 solve | 18,090 / 18,907 |
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
- 17 Feb 2018First sub-15 3×3: 14.90 at Slow N Steady Winter 2018.
- 14 Jan 2017First sub-20 3×3: 15.13 at Rockville Winter 2017.
- 30 Jan 2016First sub-30 3×3: 23.47 at Slow N Steady Winter 2016.
- 21 Nov 2015First competition: River Hill Fall 2015. A 31.77 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- River Hill Fall 2025 · 6 Dec 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Slow N Steady Summer 2019 · 14 Sep 2019
- Slow N Steady Winter 2018 · 17 Feb 2018 — 1 personal best set
- EZ Cubes Spring 2017 · 27 May 2017
- NovaCube 2017 · 29 Apr 2017
- Slow N Steady Spring 2017 · 2 Apr 2017
- Rockville Winter 2017 · 14 Jan 2017 — 1 personal best set
- TJHSST Fall 2016 · 19 Nov 2016 — 1 personal best set
- Slow N Steady Winter 2016 · 30 Jan 2016 — 1 personal best set
- River Hill Fall 2015 · 21 Nov 2015
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.
- Corey Sakowski — met in 13 rounds, never finished ahead
- Will Callan — met in 12 rounds, never finished ahead
- Michael Yoo Fatemi — met in 11 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 2.34 away.
- A sub-6 2×2 single — 95,042 people have one; it is 0.32 away.
Targets move as he improves.