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Carter Olberg

3×3 · top 16.8% of 284,439 all-time · competing since February 2010 · 2010OLBE01

Carter Olberg has been competing for 17 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 12.81, set at Dixon Open 2012, puts him in the top 16.8% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 8,973rd in the United States. Across 6 competitions since February 2010, he has put 163 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 64% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 36.38 in February 2010 to 12.81, a 65% improvement. Carter has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 16.8% of 284,439 all-time
12.81
signature single · Dixon Open 2012
163
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
3×312.8115.50
top 16.8%8,973 / 59,724
2×23.315.13
top 17.9%7,011 / 40,951
3×3 one-handed36.6941.02
top 60.3%8,462 / 15,683
4×41:29.401:34.19
top 63.2%11,063 / 19,072
Pyraminx14.0623.18
top 78.1%23,100 / 28,708
Clock28.9636.69
top 83.1%7,370 / 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

Chicago Open 2010: 36.38Cubetcha 2010: 16.58UIUC Spring 2011: 16.05Dixon Open 2011: 16.08Cubetcha 2011: 14.61Dixon Open 2012: 12.8112.8136.386 Feb 201016 Jun 2012

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-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 0.81 away.
  • A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.31 away.

Targets move as he improves.