People · Egypt
Joopy Salem
2×2 · top 6.1% of 186,767 all-time · competing since July 2023 · 2023SALE08
Joopy Salem has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.19, set at Temecula Valley Fall 2024, puts him in the top 6.1% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 13th in Egypt. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 9 competitions since July 2023, he has put 182 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 85% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 26.05 in July 2023 to 13.92, a 47% improvement. Joopy has entered nine competitions, more competitions than 91% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Egypt | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 2.19 | 5.29 | top 6.1% | 13 / 346 | |
| 3×3 | 13.92 | 15.65 | top 20.7% | 60 / 509 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.14 | 12.48 | top 21.0% | 20 / 207 | |
| 4×4 | 1:17.17 | 1:28.74 | top 53.5% | 43 / 130 | |
| 5×5 | 2:15.77 | — | top 58.6% | 22 / 39 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 43.21 | 47.48 | top 69.6% | 50 / 96 | |
| 7×7 | 6:50.60 | — | early days — 1 solve | 9 / 12 |
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
- 28 Sep 2024First sub-15 3×3: 13.92 at Super Duper San Diego 2024.
- 28 Sep 2024Five personal bests in one day at Super Duper San Diego 2024.
- 19 Aug 2023First sub-20 3×3: 15.88 at Santa Ana Summer B 2023.
- 8 Jul 2023First competition: Rialto Cubing Summer 2023. A 26.05 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Let's Cube Long Beach 2025 · 25 May 2025
- Cube Against Cancer - Orange County 2025 · 30 Mar 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Temecula Valley Fall 2024 · 26 Oct 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Super Duper San Diego 2024 · 28 Sep 2024 — 5 personal bests set
- Aliso Niguel Summer 2024 · 8 Sep 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Nub Open Mission Viejo 2023 · 3 Dec 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Corona Summer 2023 · 2 Sep 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Santa Ana Summer B 2023 · 19 Aug 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Rialto Cubing Summer 2023 · 8 Jul 2023
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.
- August Barnard — met in 41 rounds, never finished ahead
- Shane Grogan — met in 35 rounds, never finished ahead
- Gavin Torreflores — met in 29 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.19 away.
- A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 1.92 away.
Targets move as he improves.