People · United States
Joseph Lee
Pyraminx · top 2.0% of 130,891 all-time · competing since December 2012 · 2012LEEJ06
Joseph Lee has been competing for 14 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 2.41, set at Harvard Fall 2014, puts him in the top 2.0% of the 130,891 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 525th in the United States. Until January 2011, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 22 competitions since December 2012, he has put 719 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 67% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 18.66 in December 2012 to 8.95, a 52% improvement. Joseph has entered 22 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 2.41 | 3.60 | top 2.0% | 525 / 29,168 | |
| 3×3 | 8.95 | 12.23 | top 4.8% | 2,718 / 60,666 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 13.29 | 20.18 | top 4.9% | 705 / 15,900 | |
| 2×2 | 2.23 | 3.78 | top 6.5% | 2,614 / 41,674 | |
| 4×4 | 50.19 | 54.08 | top 25.1% | 3,884 / 19,354 | |
| Skewb | 7.56 | 11.94 | top 38.0% | 6,598 / 19,164 | |
| Clock | 13.16 | 18.03 | top 40.3% | 3,282 / 9,172 | |
| Megaminx | 1:57.53 | 2:02.47 | top 44.5% | 3,335 / 8,026 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 40 moves | — | early days — 2 solves | 1,046 / 2,059 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 3:03.13 | 3:25.49 | top 53.4% | 1,150 / 2,128 | |
| Square-1 | 41.86 | 1:00.76 | top 67.6% | 4,509 / 6,846 | |
| 5×5 | 2:55.00 | — | top 76.4% | 6,959 / 9,537 |
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
- 6 Dec 2014First sub-10 3×3: 8.95 at MIT Fall 2014.
- 6 Dec 2014Three personal bests in one day at MIT Fall 2014.
- 8 Nov 2014Four personal bests in one day at Lexington Fall 2014.
- 9 Feb 2014Five personal bests in one day at Bay Area Speedcubin' 2 2014.
- 1 Feb 2014Three personal bests in one day at Berkeley Winter 2014.
- 2 Nov 2013Five personal bests in one day at Berkeley Fall 2013.
Competitions
- 6.25 Bay Area 2017 · 24 Jun 2017
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 8 2016 · 3 Jan 2016
- Yale Spring 2015 · 4 Apr 2015
- MIT Fall 2014 · 6 Dec 2014 — 3 personal bests set
- Lexington Fall 2014 · 8 Nov 2014 — 4 personal bests set
- Harvard Fall 2014 · 11 Oct 2014 — 2 personal bests set
- Berkeley Summer 2014 · 6 Sep 2014 — 2 personal bests set
- US Nationals 2014 · 1 Aug 2014 — 2 personal bests set
- Berkeley Spring 2014 · 19 Apr 2014 — 2 personal bests set
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 2 2014 · 9 Feb 2014 — 5 personal bests set
- Berkeley Winter 2014 · 1 Feb 2014 — 3 personal bests set
- Berkeley Fall 2013 · 2 Nov 2013 — 5 personal bests set
- Bay Area Speedcubin' Summer 2013 · 24 Aug 2013 — 2 personal bests set
- Berkeley Summer 2013 · 3 Aug 2013 — 3 personal bests set
- World Rubik's Cube Championship 2013 · 26 Jul 2013 — 2 personal bests set
- Berkeley Spring 2013 · 27 Apr 2013 — 2 personal bests set
- Antelope Valley Spring Open 2013 · 6 Apr 2013 — 3 personal bests set
- Berkeley Winter 2013 · 9 Mar 2013 — 4 personal bests set
- Caltech Winter Open 2013 · 23 Feb 2013 — 3 personal bests set
- Harvard Spring 2013 · 2 Feb 2013 — 2 personal bests set
- Monmouth County Open 2013 · 12 Jan 2013 — 4 personal bests set
- Liberty Science Center Open 2012 · 15 Dec 2012
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.
- Mitchell Lane — met in 95 rounds, finished ahead 17 times
- Riley Woo — met in 84 rounds, finished ahead 21 times
- Chia-Wei Lu (呂家維) — met in 72 rounds, finished ahead 13 times
Next targets
- A sub-2 Pyraminx single — 1,497 people have one; it is 0.41 away.
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 0.95 away.
Targets move as he improves.