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Joseph Ong

2×2 · top 0.28% of 186,767 all-time · competing since October 2018 · 2018ONGJ01

Joseph Ong has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 0.84, set at North Star Cubing Challenge 2024, puts him in the top 0.28% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 120th in the United States. Until November 2011, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 88 competitions since October 2018, he has put 4,039 official solves on the record across 15 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 69% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 19.19 in October 2018 to 6.52, a 66% improvement. Joseph has entered 88 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 0.28% of 186,767 all-time
0.84
signature single · North Star Cubing Challenge 2024
4,039
official solves on the record
14%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 69% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
2×20.841.81
top 0.28%120 / 40,951
Square-15.066.78
top 0.28%34 / 6,743
3×36.528.24
top 0.87%551 / 59,724
Clock3.244.12
top 1.1%109 / 8,927
3×3 one-handed10.5315.05
top 1.4%226 / 15,683
Skewb2.033.99
top 1.5%215 / 18,907
4×428.4733.45
top 2.0%331 / 19,072
Pyraminx2.584.94
top 2.4%638 / 28,708
5×554.131:01.48
top 3.1%254 / 9,401
Megaminx47.821:01.56
top 4.2%293 / 7,841
6×61:53.591:59.58
top 8.5%300 / 4,196
7×73:18.633:21.58
top 15.9%441 / 3,184
3×3 blindfolded1:25.302:12.75
top 21.4%437 / 2,092
3×3 Fewest Moves35 moves44.33
top 30.0%652 / 2,040
3×3 Multi-Blind2 of 2 cubes · 18:15—
early days — 1 solve550 / 731

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

Cubetcha 2018: 19.19Fargo Fall 2018: 14.49Mega Minnesota Winter 2018: 16.35Race the Clock 2018: 16.92North Star Cubing Challenge 2019: 15.25CubingUSA Heartland Championship 2019: 12.77Minnesota Cube Melt 2019: 14.78CubingUSA Nationals 2019: 12.51Sioux Fall 2019: 13.78Cubetcha 2019: 13.23Fargo Fall 2019: 11.29Mega Minnesota Winter 2019: 12.23Minnesota Cube Days 2020: 11.72North Star Cubing Challenge 2022: 13.06Minnesota Cube Melt 2022: 11.71CubingUSA Heartland Championship 2022: 11.45Three Attempts Chicago 2022: 11.62NxN Minnesota 2022: 12.25Cubetcha 2022: 11.47Rochester Fall 2022: 11.51Race the Clock Minnesota 2022: 8.41North Star Cubing Challenge 2023: 10.23SPAMtown Cubing 2023: 8.38Minnesota Cube Melt 2023: 10.39Minnesota Meetup II Thursday 2023: 8.49OH in a Madison Ballroom 2023: 9.28Sioux Falls Saturday 2023: 8.78CubingUSA Nationals 2023: 8.00North Woods 2023: 8.02Cubetcha 2023: 7.71CubingUSA Rocky Mountain Championship 2023: 6.74SPAMtown II 2023: 8.64Side Events Minnesota 2023: 8.09Race the Clock Minnesota 2023: 7.70North Star Cubing Challenge 2024: 8.60Elite in Eagan 2024: 8.07Minnesota Newcomer Sunday 2024: 6.57Minnesota Slice 2024: 8.06Eau Claire 2024: 8.15Minnesota Cube Melt 2024: 6.90CubingUSA Heartland Championship 2024: 7.78Minnesota Warm Up 2024: 8.07Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2024: 7.61Minnesota Meetup IV Tuesday 2024: 9.16Rosemount Big Cubes 2024: 8.86Rosemount Side Events 2024: 8.47Cubing on Lake Superior 2024: 8.94Cubetcha MN 2024: 6.96SPAMtown III MN 2024: 7.72Minnesota Championship 2024: 8.04North Star Cubing Challenge MN 2025: 7.75Racing in Rosemount 2025: 7.11Minnesota Newcomer Sunday 2025: 6.62Minnesota Cube Melt 2025: 9.36Minnesota Slice 2025: 6.62Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025: 7.54Berkeley August Weekday 2025: 8.32Benicia Open 2025: 7.49Berkeley September Weekday 2025: 8.55Berkeley Fall 2025: 8.24Berkeley October Weekday 2025: 7.30Cool Down Berkeley 2025: 8.24Berkeley November Weekday 2025: 7.80Berkeley December Weekday 2025: 7.17Race the Clock MN 2025: 8.59Berkeley January Weekday 2026: 7.82Berkeley February Weekday 2026: 8.88Berkeley Favorites 2026: 7.91Berkeley March Weekday 2026: 7.37Berkeley Pre-Cal Day 2026: 9.21Berkeley May Weekday 2026: 7.78SacCubing XXIII 2026: 7.62CubingUSA Heartland Championship 2026: 8.31Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2026: 6.86SPAMTown IV MN 2026: 6.98Big Cube Battle of Waterloo 2026: 7.26Rocky Mountain Championship 2026: 7.25Bay Area Speedcubin' 69 2026: 6.526.5219.1920 Oct 201829 Aug 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-5 Square-1 single — 68 people have one; it is 0.06 away.
  • A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 0.52 away.

Targets move as he improves.