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Joseph Sale

2×2 · top 13.3% of 186,767 all-time · competing since April 2018 · 2018SALE02

Joseph Sale has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.92, set at Boise 2019, puts him in the top 13.3% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 5,240th in the United States. Across 11 competitions since April 2018, he has put 333 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 88% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 32.13 in April 2018 to 12.85, a 60% improvement. Joseph has entered eleven competitions, more competitions than 93% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 13.3% of 186,767 all-time
2.92
signature single · Boise 2019
333
official solves on the record
15%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 88% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
2×22.925.66
top 13.3%5,240 / 40,951
3×312.8516.21
top 16.9%9,050 / 59,724
Pyraminx6.078.90
top 20.5%5,511 / 28,708
4×453.301:02.92
top 28.7%4,469 / 19,072
3×3 one-handed24.0632.35
top 31.6%4,111 / 15,683
5×51:41.881:56.28
top 36.8%2,924 / 9,401
Skewb7.8011.26
top 39.8%6,849 / 18,907
6×63:13.763:30.47
top 47.6%1,781 / 4,196
Square-131.4547.80
top 52.1%3,418 / 6,743
7×75:12.045:23.43
top 54.5%1,604 / 3,184
Megaminx2:51.073:10.61
top 70.7%5,444 / 7,841
3×3 Fewest Moves55 moves
early days — 1 solve1,801 / 2,040

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

Idaho Summer Open 2018: 32.13Potato Open 2018: 24.34Idaho Spudcubing 2018: 13.85Utah Snowball Bash 2018: 12.85Idaho Megacomp 2019: 13.04Back to School Idaho 2019: 14.39Resticker Utah 2019: 13.64Boise 2019: 15.51Idaho Summer A 2021: 13.93Idaho Spudcubing II 2021: 16.24Back to Square-1 Idaho 2022: 13.5112.8532.1328 Apr 201817 Dec 2022

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 0.92 away.
  • A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 0.85 away.

Targets move as he improves.