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Joseph Lim

2×2 · top 10.3% of 186,767 all-time · competing since May 2016 · 2016LIMJ02

Joseph Lim has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.64, set at Sydney Winter 2017, puts him in the top 10.3% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 775th in Australia. Across 9 competitions since May 2016, he has put 167 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 59% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 22.16 in May 2016 to 13.99, a 37% improvement. Joseph has entered nine competitions, more competitions than 91% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 10.3% of 186,767 all-time
2.64
signature single · Sydney Winter 2017
167
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 59% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingAustralia
2×22.644.49
top 10.3%775 / 8,567
3×313.9917.43
top 20.9%1,878 / 11,709
Pyraminx7.109.82
top 28.7%1,483 / 5,993
3×3 one-handed26.4940.35
top 38.0%880 / 2,659
4×41:15.321:29.09
top 51.9%1,434 / 3,051
3×3 Fewest Moves43 moves
early days — 2 solves265 / 468
Skewb12.8818.06
top 70.1%2,380 / 3,534

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

Sydney Autumn 2016: 22.16Australian Nationals 2016: 19.46Sydney Championship 2016: 16.98Sydney Winter 2017: 17.93Sydney Championship 2017: 16.35Warm Up Sydney 2018: 14.13Australian Nationals 2018: 13.99Marrickville Many May Open 2023: 17.26Tramsheds VI: Winter Saturday 2025: 15.8613.9922.168 May 201623 Aug 2025

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 0.64 away.
  • A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 1.99 away.

Targets move as he improves.