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Oliver Adelson
Pyraminx · top 3.7% of 129,321 all-time · competing since December 2013 · 2013ADEL01
Oliver Adelson has been competing for 13 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 3.01, set at US Nationals 2015, puts him in the top 3.7% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 971st in the United States. Until February 2008, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 7 competitions since December 2013, he has put 185 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 68% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 31.03 in December 2013 to 11.66, a 62% improvement. Oliver has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 3.01 | 4.16 | top 3.7% | 971 / 28,708 | |
| 3×3 | 11.66 | 14.52 | top 12.7% | 6,822 / 59,724 | |
| 2×2 | 2.98 | 4.69 | top 14.0% | 5,504 / 40,951 | |
| Skewb | 6.05 | 6.71 | top 26.1% | 4,252 / 18,907 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 28.22 | 31.68 | top 42.5% | 5,712 / 15,683 | |
| 4×4 | 1:06.58 | 1:15.81 | top 43.5% | 7,178 / 19,072 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 4:54.05 | — | early days — 1 solve | 1,620 / 2,092 | |
| 5×5 | 3:30.87 | — | early days — 1 solve | 8,049 / 9,401 |
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
- 31 Jul 2015Six personal bests in one day at US Nationals 2015.
- 2 May 2015First sub-15 3×3: 13.92 at MIT Spring 2015.
- 2 May 2015Five personal bests in one day at MIT Spring 2015.
- 1 Mar 2014First sub-30 3×3: 16.65 at Williams Winter 2014.
- 1 Mar 2014First sub-20 3×3: 16.65 at Williams Winter 2014.
- 14 Dec 2013First competition: Liberty Science Center Open 2013. A 31.03 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- US Nationals 2015 · 31 Jul 2015 — 6 personal bests set
- MIT Spring 2015 · 2 May 2015 — 5 personal bests set
- Doylestown Spring 2015 · 25 Apr 2015 — 2 personal bests set
- Johns Hopkins Winter 2015 · 28 Mar 2015 — 1 personal best set
- Yale Spring 2014 · 30 Mar 2014 — 2 personal bests set
- Williams Winter 2014 · 1 Mar 2014 — 2 personal bests set
- Liberty Science Center Open 2013 · 14 Dec 2013
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.
- Henry Savich — met in 33 rounds, finished ahead once
- Tim Reynolds — met in 31 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
- Corey Sakowski — met in 29 rounds, finished ahead twice
Next targets
- A sub-3 Pyraminx single — 4,700 people have one; it is 0.01 away.
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 1.66 away.
Targets move as he improves.