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Joseph Hale

2×2 · top 3.0% of 186,767 all-time · competing since August 2016 · 2016HALE02

Joseph Hale has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.69, set at AZCubing Summer 2016, puts him in the top 3.0% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,178th in the United States. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 1 competition since August 2016, he has put 30 official solves on the record across three events.

2×2
best event — top 3.0% of 186,767 all-time
1.69
signature single · AZCubing Summer 2016
30
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
2×21.694.44
top 3.0%1,178 / 40,951
3×310.4312.58
top 8.7%4,800 / 59,724
4×445.6051.54
top 19.1%2,890 / 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 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.

  • Alex Lehman — met in 6 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
  • Mario Flores — met in 6 rounds, finished ahead twice
  • Dan Tran — met in 6 rounds, finished ahead once

Next targets

  • A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.69 away.
  • A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.43 away.

Targets move as he improves.