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Joseph W. Passer

2×2 · top 1.8% of 189,179 all-time · competing since October 2022 · 2022PASS02

Joseph W. Passer has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.41, set at CubingUSA Heartland Championship 2024, puts him in the top 1.8% of the 189,179 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 725th in the United States. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 16 competitions since October 2022, he has put 776 official solves on the record across 14 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 64% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 13.76 in October 2022 to 8.00, a 42% improvement. Joseph has entered 16 competitions, more competitions than 96% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 1.8% of 189,179 all-time
1.41
signature single · CubingUSA Heartland Championship 2024
776
official solves on the record
14%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 64% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
2×21.413.53
top 1.8%725 / 41,674
3×38.0010.42
top 2.8%1,649 / 60,666
4×433.7539.74
top 5.7%869 / 19,354
5×51:02.121:13.30
top 6.8%554 / 9,537
Pyraminx4.147.95
top 8.4%2,198 / 29,168
Megaminx1:04.731:18.29
top 12.5%871 / 8,026
3×3 one-handed17.5423.89
top 14.0%1,837 / 15,900
6×62:07.972:22.18
top 14.6%534 / 4,262
Skewb4.976.88
top 17.9%2,872 / 19,164
Clock8.6210.48
top 18.0%1,407 / 9,172
7×73:28.103:31.43
top 19.2%544 / 3,236
Square-117.5226.98
top 22.2%1,482 / 6,846
3×3 blindfolded2:33.773:13.93
top 44.6%966 / 2,128
3×3 Fewest Moves41 moves—
early days — 2 solves1,117 / 2,059

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

Rochester Fall 2022: 13.76Springfield Winter Open 2023: 11.84Bluegrass Bash 2023: 12.94Red Wolf Cubing Arkansas 2024: 9.37CoMO Cubing Winter 2024: 10.60Concordia Turning Spring 2024: 10.75Missouri Summer Kickoff 2024: 11.03CubingUSA Heartland Championship 2024: 10.93Missouri Championship 2024: 9.09Concordia Turning Fall 2024: 9.06St. Louis Spring 2025: 8.73Concordia Turning Winter 2026: 8.00COMO Cube-Off 2026: 9.03Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2026: 9.50Cube Girardeau 2026: 10.20Concordia Fall Foliage 2026: 9.248.0013.7622 Oct 202210 Oct 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 0.41 away.
  • A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,419 people have one; it is 2.00 away.

Targets move as he improves.