People · United States
Joseph Neilson
Pyraminx · top 12.1% of 129,321 all-time · competing since October 2022 · 2022NEIL03
Joseph Neilson has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 4.82, set at Preble Spring 2025, puts him in the top 12.1% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3,143rd in the United States. Across 9 competitions since October 2022, he has put 190 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 67% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 21.18 in October 2022 to 13.39, a 37% improvement. Joseph has entered nine competitions, more competitions than 91% 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 | 4.82 | 8.20 | top 12.1% | 3,143 / 28,708 | |
| 2×2 | 3.21 | 4.44 | top 16.7% | 6,555 / 40,951 | |
| Skewb | 5.08 | 7.25 | top 18.8% | 2,988 / 18,907 | |
| 3×3 | 13.39 | 15.84 | top 18.8% | 10,106 / 59,724 | |
| 4×4 | 48.84 | 58.61 | top 23.2% | 3,538 / 19,072 | |
| 5×5 | 2:00.25 | — | top 49.4% | 4,144 / 9,401 | |
| Clock | 17.78 | 18.93 | top 58.1% | 4,846 / 8,927 |
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
- 17 May 2025First sub-15 3×3: 13.39 at Presidential Puzzles in PA 2025.
- 17 May 2025Three personal bests in one day at Presidential Puzzles in PA 2025.
- 7 Jan 2023First sub-20 3×3: 17.03 at Imagination Station A 2023.
- 30 Oct 2022First competition: Ohio State Fall Scarlet 2022. A 21.18 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Fort Payne Summer 2026 · 22 Aug 2026
- Locked in Clocked in Coshocton 2025 · 6 Sep 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Presidential Puzzles in PA 2025 · 17 May 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Preble Spring 2025 · 12 Apr 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Ohio State Weekend of Madness 2025 · 15 Mar 2025 — 1 personal best set
- ALL1- Pittsburgh 2023 · 4 Nov 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Pretzel Mania 2023 · 25 Feb 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Imagination Station A 2023 · 7 Jan 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Ohio State Fall Scarlet 2022 · 30 Oct 2022
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.
- Braden Richards — met in 29 rounds, never finished ahead
- Xavier Ye — met in 24 rounds, never finished ahead
- Jacob Nobili — met in 23 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-4 Pyraminx single — 9,892 people have one; it is 0.82 away.
- A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.21 away.
Targets move as he improves.