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Colin O'Doherty

Skewb · top 5.2% of 73,281 all-time · competing since January 2016 · 2016ODOH01

Colin O'Doherty has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the Skewb: a personal-best single of 3.04, set at TJHSST Fall 2019, puts him in the top 5.2% of the 73,281 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 795th in the United States. Until February 2014, no official Skewb solve in the world had been that fast. Across 13 competitions since January 2016, he has put 145 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 8% around a typical one, steadier than 99% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 47.67 in January 2016 to 14.67, a 69% improvement. Colin has entered 13 competitions, more competitions than 94% of everyone who has ever competed.

Skewb
best event — top 5.2% of 73,281 all-time
3.04
signature single · TJHSST Fall 2019
145
official solves on the record
8%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 99% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
Skewb3.048.69
top 5.2%795 / 18,907
2×22.554.64
top 9.4%3,709 / 40,951
Pyraminx5.227.22
top 14.6%3,820 / 28,708
3×314.6718.66
top 23.3%12,620 / 59,724

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

Slow N Steady Winter 2016: 47.67Severna Park Spring 2016: 31.50Slow N Steady Spring 2016: 26.15Slow N Steady Fall 2016: 21.91Slow N Steady Spring 2017: 18.35EZ Cubes Spring 2017: 20.87Slow N Steady Summer 2017: 19.23Maryland 2017: 19.14Severna Park Showdown 2017: 14.67Slow N Steady Summer 2018: 16.77CubingUSA Nationals 2019: 17.88TJHSST Fall 2019: 18.3014.6747.6730 Jan 20169 Nov 2019

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-3 Skewb single — 3,646 people have one; it is 0.04 away.
  • A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.55 away.

Targets move as he improves.