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Derek O'Connor

2×2 · top 47.4% of 186,767 all-time · competing since January 2009 · 2009OCON01

Derek O'Connor has been competing for 18 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 5.68, set at San Francisco Open 2009, puts him in the top 47.4% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 19,185th in the United States. Across 2 competitions since January 2009, he has put 24 official solves on the record across three events. His 3×3 best has come down from 40.83 in January 2009 to 30.62, a 25% improvement. Derek has entered two competitions.

2×2
best event — top 47.4% of 186,767 all-time
5.68
signature single · San Francisco Open 2009
24
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
2×25.6811.21
top 47.4%19,185 / 40,951
3×330.6233.53
top 63.6%38,050 / 59,724
Square-11:04.411:53.18
top 86.3%5,807 / 6,743

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

San Francisco Open 2009: 40.83EPGY Stanford Winter 2011: 30.6230.6240.8318 Jan 200927 Feb 2011

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-5 2×2 single — 73,413 people have one; it is 0.68 away.
  • A sub-30 3×3 single — 177,856 people have one; it is 0.62 away.

Targets move as he improves.