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Oliver Bender

2×2 · top 93.7% of 186,767 all-time · competing since January 2020 · 2020BEND01

Oliver Bender has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 17.61, set at Canandaigua Winter 2020, puts him in the top 93.7% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 38,893rd in the United States. Across 1 competition since January 2020, he has put 15 official solves on the record across three events.

2×2
best event — top 93.7% of 186,767 all-time
17.61
signature single · Canandaigua Winter 2020
15
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
2×217.6128.43
top 93.7%38,893 / 40,951
3×31:14.441:38.17
top 95.8%57,982 / 59,724
Skewb27.2739.21
top 96.1%18,393 / 18,907

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 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.

  • Evan Liu — met in 3 rounds, never finished ahead
  • Alex Maass — met in 3 rounds, never finished ahead
  • Kobe Balin — met in 3 rounds, never finished ahead

Next targets

  • A sub-15 2×2 single — 169,048 people have one; it is 2.61 away.
  • A sub-1:00 3×3 single — 260,367 people have one; it is 14.44 away.

Targets move as he improves.