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Joseph Jenkinson

2×2 · top 7.0% of 186,767 all-time · competing since March 2022 · 2022JENK01

Joseph Jenkinson has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.30, set at NZ South Island Championship 2023, puts him in the top 7.0% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 156th in New Zealand. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 11 competitions since March 2022, he has put 575 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 86% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 15.95 in March 2022 to 10.11, a 37% improvement. Joseph has entered eleven competitions, more competitions than 93% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 7.0% of 186,767 all-time
2.30
signature single · NZ South Island Championship 2023
575
official solves on the record
11%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 86% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingNew Zealand
2×22.303.85
top 7.0%156 / 1,615
3×310.1111.99
top 7.8%169 / 2,095
Pyraminx4.465.88
top 10.0%152 / 1,141
3×3 one-handed16.4923.59
top 11.3%78 / 600
Skewb5.507.54
top 22.0%173 / 666
4×449.5755.60
top 24.2%168 / 722
Megaminx1:39.431:50.58
top 34.3%124 / 283
5×51:48.391:56.78
top 41.5%144 / 355
Clock13.5519.33
top 42.0%146 / 303
Square-134.4844.38
top 57.5%158 / 251

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

Lyttelton Autumn 2022: 15.95NZ South Island Championship 2022: 16.51Opawa Open 2022: 15.86Lyttelton Spring 2022: 12.52Cashmere Open 2023: 12.09NZ South Island Championship 2023: 13.85Ōtepoti Winter 2023: 12.05Lyttelton Spring 2023: 10.11Lyttelton Summer 2024: 10.45Lyttelton Newcomer Rumble 2024: 11.74Quick Solving at Cobham 2024: 11.3210.1116.515 Mar 20226 Jul 2024

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.

Next targets

  • A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.30 away.
  • A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.11 away.

Targets move as he improves.