People · United States
Joseph A. Puopolo
3×3 · top 29.4% of 284,439 all-time · competing since September 2022 · 2022PUOP02
Joseph A. Puopolo has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 16.51, set at Loon Cubikon NH 2025, puts him in the top 29.4% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 16,154th in the United States. Across 12 competitions since September 2022, he has put 169 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 84% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 1:12.87 in September 2022 to 16.51, a 77% improvement. Joseph has entered twelve competitions, more competitions than 94% 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 | 16.51 | 21.36 | top 29.4% | 16,154 / 59,724 | |
| Pyraminx | 10.04 | 12.00 | top 53.3% | 15,557 / 28,708 | |
| 2×2 | 6.49 | 6.80 | top 55.9% | 22,850 / 40,951 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 34.33 | 39.45 | top 56.1% | 7,779 / 15,683 | |
| Skewb | 11.65 | 20.26 | top 64.3% | 11,938 / 18,907 | |
| Square-1 | 1:04.97 | — | top 86.6% | 5,833 / 6,743 | |
| Megaminx | 3:54.64 | — | early days — 2 solves | 7,168 / 7,841 | |
| Clock | 34.51 | — | top 89.3% | 7,970 / 8,927 | |
| 4×4 | 2:26.05 | — | early days — 3 solves | 17,342 / 19,072 |
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
- 16 Nov 2025First sub-20 3×3: 16.51 at Loon Cubikon NH 2025.
- 16 Nov 2025Four personal bests in one day at Loon Cubikon NH 2025.
- 24 Nov 2024First sub-30 3×3: 24.25 at Loon Cubikon 2024.
- 27 Oct 2024Three personal bests in one day at Quick in Quincy 2024.
- 20 Nov 2022First sub-60 3×3: 43.12 at Loon Cubikon 2022.
- 3 Sep 2022First competition: Pretzel Mania 2022. A 1:12.87 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Woonsocket Cubikon 2026 · 16 Aug 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Loon Cubikon NH 2025 · 16 Nov 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Fitchburg Fall 2025 · 20 Sep 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Lexington Weeknights V 2025 · 11 Aug 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Loon Cubikon 2024 · 24 Nov 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Quick in Quincy 2024 · 27 Oct 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Lexing-not-a-ton of NxNs 2024 · 15 Sep 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Quick in Quincy 2023 · 16 Jul 2023
- Puzzling in Providence 2023 · 7 Jan 2023 — 1 personal best set
- The Battle of Lex-side-ton 2023 · 2 Jan 2023
- Loon Cubikon 2022 · 20 Nov 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Pretzel Mania 2022 · 3 Sep 2022
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 Durette — met in 37 rounds, never finished ahead
- Saisabari Ramesh — met in 36 rounds, never finished ahead
- Alex Cohen — met in 35 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 1.51 away.
- A sub-10 Pyraminx single — 68,530 people have one; it is 0.04 away.
Targets move as he improves.