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Joseph W. Passer

2×2 · top 1.8% of 186,767 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 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 705th in the United States. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 14 competitions since October 2022, he has put 614 official solves on the record across 14 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 13.76 in October 2022 to 8.00, a 42% improvement. Joseph has entered 14 competitions, more competitions than 95% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 1.8% of 186,767 all-time
1.41
signature single · CubingUSA Heartland Championship 2024
614
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
2×21.413.53
top 1.8%705 / 40,951
3×38.0010.42
top 2.8%1,607 / 59,724
4×433.7539.74
top 5.6%856 / 19,072
Pyraminx4.147.95
top 8.4%2,150 / 28,708
5×51:07.681:13.30
top 10.0%788 / 9,401
Megaminx1:04.731:23.85
top 12.5%855 / 7,841
3×3 one-handed17.5423.89
top 13.9%1,807 / 15,683
Skewb4.977.02
top 17.9%2,834 / 18,907
Clock8.6210.48
top 18.1%1,388 / 8,927
Square-117.5226.98
top 22.2%1,466 / 6,743
6×62:33.832:44.80
top 27.6%977 / 4,196
7×74:14.564:29.47
top 35.9%1,008 / 3,184
3×3 blindfolded2:33.773:13.93
top 44.5%951 / 2,092
3×3 Fewest Moves41 moves—
early days — 2 solves1,101 / 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

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: 9.508.0013.7622 Oct 20222 Jul 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 0.41 away.
  • A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 2.00 away.

Targets move as he improves.