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Joseph Meidal

2×2 · top 1.3% of 189,179 all-time · competing since September 2023 · 2023MEID02

Joseph Meidal has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.27, set at Cincinnati Speedsolving 2026, puts him in the top 1.3% of the 189,179 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 530th in the United States. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 28 competitions since September 2023, he has put 977 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 81% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 18.29 in September 2023 to 7.36, a 60% improvement. Joseph has entered 28 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 1.3% of 189,179 all-time
1.27
signature single · Cincinnati Speedsolving 2026
977
official solves on the record
11%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 81% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
2×21.271.98
top 1.3%530 / 41,674
3×37.369.86
top 1.8%1,107 / 60,666
4×430.0839.71
top 2.9%484 / 19,354
Pyraminx2.924.24
top 3.4%897 / 29,168
Megaminx55.081:00.50
top 7.5%537 / 8,026

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

Swoop in and Solve Oxford 2023: 18.29Ohio State Winter 2023: 13.11Megamania in Louisville 2024: 15.33Mason Cube Challenge 2024: 14.20Cincinnati Speed Solving 2024: 13.15Gem City Donut DNF 2024: 12.69Get Ready Grove City 2024: 11.93CubingUSA Great Lakes Championship 2024: 11.30Gem City Ohio Showdown 2025: 9.79Cincinnati Speed Solving 2025: 9.75Oldham County Spring 2025: 10.21Preble Spring 2025: 9.95Gem City Pre-Flight Warm Up OH 2025: 9.41Cincinnati Open 2025: 7.36Cubing by the Kings OH 2025: 8.92Clock & 'Minx Ohio 2025: 9.52Cincinnati Cube Challenge 2025: 8.87Ohio Championship 2025: 8.65Cincinnati Speedsolving 2026: 9.81Morrow Mixup Mania 2026: 9.71Brown County Blitz 2026: 9.32National Trail Open OH 2026: 9.95Cubing in the Woods OH 2026: 7.52CubingUSA Great Lakes Championship 2026: 9.12Ohio Championship 2026: 8.937.3618.2917 Sep 202311 Sep 2026

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-1 2×2 single — 1,050 people have one; it is 0.27 away.
  • A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,419 people have one; it is 1.36 away.

Targets move as he improves.