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Emmett O'Leary-Liu

2×2 · top 6.3% of 186,767 all-time · competing since June 2019 · 2019OLEA02

Emmett O'Leary-Liu has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.21, set at Nebraska Championship 2024, puts him in the top 6.3% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,504th in the United States. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 106 competitions since June 2019, he has put 2,792 official solves on the record across 17 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 81% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 53.89 in June 2019 to 10.19, an 81% improvement. Emmett has entered 106 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 6.3% of 186,767 all-time
2.21
signature single · Nebraska Championship 2024
2,792
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 81% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
2×22.213.44
top 6.3%2,504 / 40,951
3×310.1911.96
top 8.0%4,409 / 59,724
4×439.3444.74
top 11.3%1,668 / 19,072
Pyraminx4.786.91
top 11.9%3,081 / 28,708
3×3 one-handed17.0024.62
top 12.6%1,626 / 15,683
Skewb4.397.76
top 13.7%2,122 / 18,907
Megaminx1:11.081:20.60
top 16.3%1,115 / 7,841
5×51:18.721:28.77
top 18.1%1,395 / 9,401
3×3 blindfolded1:24.571:33.74
top 21.2%432 / 2,092
Square-118.3131.72
top 24.1%1,589 / 6,743
3×3 Multi-Blind12 of 16 cubes · 1:00:00—
top 25.6%187 / 731
Clock10.2613.98
top 26.4%2,033 / 8,927
6×62:36.112:50.99
top 28.8%1,018 / 4,196
3×3 Fewest Moves35 moves39.67
top 30.0%652 / 2,040
4×4 blindfolded6:47.58—
top 35.1%146 / 440
7×74:13.084:29.73
top 35.4%990 / 3,184
5×5 blindfolded16:28.00—
top 46.5%103 / 218

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

Bay Area Speedcubin' 17 2019: 53.89Bay Area Speedcubin' 18 2019: 46.92Berkeley Summer 2019: 50.39SacCubing IX 2020: 30.66SacCubing XI 2022: 16.16Bay Area Speedcubin' 29 PM 2022: 15.69Pikes Peak Good Morning 2022: 14.54Bay Area Speedcubin' 31A - Mill Valley 2022: 16.55Bay Area Speedcubin' 32 LIVE - SSF 2022: 17.60Berkeley Summer 2022: 16.17SacCubing XII 2022: 14.97WCC Western Championship 2022: 17.84SacCubing XIII 2023: 16.04Berkeley Winter B 2023: 12.95Bay Area Speedcubin' 41 2023: 14.15A Bruin Cube Day Spring 2023: 15.38Bay Area Speedcubin' 43 2023: 14.80Bay Area Speedcubin' 46 Live - SSF 2023: 16.20Salt Lake Utah Summer 2023: 12.40Bay Area Speedcubin' 47 - Berkeley Pride 2023: 13.58CubingUSA Western Championship 2023: 12.95CubingUSA Nationals 2023: 13.90Bay Area Speedcubin' 50 - Berkeley 2023: 14.00Berkeley Summer 2023: 14.09Bay Area Speedcubin' 51 Live - SSF 2023: 14.02SacCubing XV 2023: 15.63Bay Area Speedcubin' 52 - Belmont 2023: 15.43CubingUSA New England Championship 2023: 12.98Bay Area Speedcubin' 53 - Berkeley 2023: 12.32Davis Fall 2023: 11.36CubingUSA Rocky Mountain Championship 2023: 13.81Berkeley Fall 2023: 12.88Folsom Winter 2023: 13.09Bay Area Speedcubin' 55 - San Ramon 2024: 11.85SacCubing XVI 2024: 12.01Berkeley Winter 2024: 11.52Nebraska Championship 2024: 13.28Berkeley Weekday Tricubealon 2024: 13.68Berkeley Spring 2024: 12.64Bay Area Speedcubin' 61 - San Jose 2024: 11.99Claws Up Final Touchdown 2024: 11.39Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2024: 11.11CubingUSA Western Championship 2024: 11.89La La Land 2024: 12.21Oregon Championship 2024: 12.44Redding Fall 2024: 10.27Berkeley Fall 2024: 12.94Davis Fall 2024: 11.68Berkeley October Weekday Tricubealon 2024: 11.68Cool Down Berkeley 2024: 13.19Bay Area Speedcubin' 66 - Belmont 2024: 12.82Berkeley November Weekday Tricubealon 2024: 12.79Berkeley December Weekday Tricubealon 2024: 12.29Bay Area Speedcubin' 67 - San Ramon 2025: 12.66Berkeley Winter 2025: 11.19Mississippi Championship 2025: 12.20Santa Rosa Spring 2025: 11.84Nebraska Championship 2025: 12.65Berkeley Pre-Cal Day Tricubealon 2025: 14.28Rock-Cube-Lin Qualifier 2025: 11.93Lubec Cubec 2025: 11.19Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025: 10.59Hawaiian Island Tour - Kona 2025: 11.93Hawaiian Island Tour - Waimea 2025: 10.76Hawaiian Island Tour - Hilo 2025: 11.13Berkeley August Weekday 2025: 14.84Berkeley September Weekday 2025: 11.56SacCubing XXI 2025: 10.88Berkeley Fall 2025: 10.82Reno Mini Fall 2025: 10.62Cool Down Berkeley 2025: 11.78Berkeley November Weekday 2025: 11.91Super Duper San Diego 2026: 10.65SacCubing XXII 2026: 11.05Berkeley January Weekday 2026: 11.95Berkeley February Weekday 2026: 10.19Davis Winter 2026: 11.76Berkeley Favorites 2026: 11.76Nebraska Championship 2026: 11.38Duper Super Davis Spring 2026: 12.25Berkeley Spring 2026: 11.10Berkeley May Weekday 2026: 11.63West Coast Cubing Western Championship 2026: 11.85GAN Southern Championship 2026: 12.54Davis Big Summer 2026: 11.82Northwest Championship 2026: 11.28Bay Area Speedcubin' 69 2026: 12.0510.1953.891 Jun 201929 Aug 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.

  • Chris Martin — met in 360 rounds, finished ahead 264 times
  • Jason Ostdiek — met in 332 rounds, finished ahead 13 times
  • Paul Mahvi — met in 332 rounds, finished ahead 8 times

Next targets

  • A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.21 away.
  • A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.19 away.

Targets move as he improves.