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Olin Long
2×2 · top 15.7% of 189,179 all-time · competing since March 2023 · 2023LONG10
Olin Long has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 3.12, set at Dublin Summer Solving 2024, puts him in the top 15.7% of the 189,179 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 6,218th in the United States. Across 6 competitions since March 2023, he has put 150 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 83% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 16.94 in March 2023 to 12.98, a 23% improvement. Olin has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 3.12 | 4.72 | top 15.7% | 6,218 / 41,674 | |
| 3×3 | 12.98 | 16.50 | top 17.4% | 9,461 / 60,666 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.54 | 8.67 | top 24.2% | 6,682 / 29,168 | |
| Skewb | 7.87 | 11.48 | top 40.4% | 7,062 / 19,164 | |
| 4×4 | 1:12.90 | 1:24.00 | top 49.7% | 8,474 / 19,354 | |
| Megaminx | 2:26.31 | — | early days — 2 solves | 4,584 / 8,026 | |
| Clock | 19.97 | 24.21 | top 64.5% | 5,651 / 9,172 |
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
Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 17 Aug 2024Three personal bests in one day at Dublin Summer Solving 2024.
- 5 Jul 2024First sub-15 3×3: 13.90 at Rubik's Irish Championship 2024.
- 4 Nov 2023Three personal bests in one day at Tuam Winter 2023.
- 12 Mar 2023First competition: Turnin' in Termonfeckin Sunday 2023. A 20.15 3×3 single to start from.
- 12 Mar 2023First sub-20 3×3: 16.94 at Turnin' in Termonfeckin Sunday 2023.
Competitions
- Dublin Summer Solving 2024 · 17 Aug 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Rubik's Irish Championship 2024 · 5 Jul 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Corduff Cubing Sunday 2024 · 18 Feb 2024
- Tuam Winter 2023 · 4 Nov 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Don't Lockup Loch Garman 2023 · 15 Apr 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Turnin' in Termonfeckin Sunday 2023 · 12 Mar 2023 — 1 personal best set
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.
- Prabhav Rajaram Nayak — met in 28 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Adam Bermingham — met in 27 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Rían Burke — met in 27 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-3 2×2 single — 27,049 people have one; it is 0.12 away.
- A sub-12 3×3 single — 40,277 people have one; it is 0.98 away.
Targets move as he improves.