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Joseph Meidal

2×2 · top 1.3% of 186,767 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 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 521st in the United States. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 27 competitions since September 2023, he has put 922 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 79% of the 35,811 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 27 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 1.3% of 186,767 all-time
1.27
signature single · Cincinnati Speedsolving 2026
922
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 79% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
2×21.271.98
top 1.3%521 / 40,951
3×37.369.86
top 1.8%1,077 / 59,724
4×430.0839.71
top 2.9%473 / 19,072
Pyraminx2.924.24
top 3.4%883 / 28,708
Megaminx55.081:00.50
top 7.5%519 / 7,841

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: 9.127.3618.2917 Sep 20235 Jun 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 — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.27 away.
  • A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.36 away.

Targets move as he improves.