People · United Kingdom
Oliver Blount
Pyraminx · top 11.9% of 129,321 all-time · competing since April 2014 · 2014BLOU01
Oliver Blount has been competing for 12 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 4.78, set at August Bank Holiday Competition 2015, puts him in the top 11.9% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 466th in the United Kingdom. Across 14 competitions since April 2014, he has put 492 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 79% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 20.34 in April 2014 to 11.76, a 42% improvement. Oliver has entered 14 competitions, more competitions than 95% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United Kingdom | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 4.78 | 8.18 | top 11.9% | 466 / 3,656 | |
| 3×3 | 11.76 | 16.14 | top 13.1% | 919 / 6,689 | |
| 2×2 | 2.98 | 4.12 | top 14.0% | 853 / 4,895 | |
| 4×4 | 49.01 | 59.70 | top 23.5% | 520 / 2,071 | |
| 5×5 | 1:37.82 | 1:44.20 | top 33.7% | 434 / 1,151 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 27.28 | 35.58 | top 40.1% | 712 / 1,851 | |
| Skewb | 8.61 | 15.16 | top 45.8% | 1,073 / 2,421 | |
| 6×6 | 3:45.67 | 3:54.75 | top 60.7% | 356 / 548 | |
| 7×7 | 5:34.55 | 5:55.82 | early days — 3 solves | 298 / 459 | |
| Megaminx | 3:13.38 | — | early days — 1 solve | 867 / 966 |
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
- 26 Sep 2015Three personal bests in one day at Cuthberts Open 2015.
- 29 Aug 2015Three personal bests in one day at August Bank Holiday Competition 2015.
- 23 May 2015Six personal bests in one day at Welwyn Garden City 2015.
- 28 Feb 2015First sub-15 3×3: 13.45 at Harrow Spring 2015.
- 28 Feb 2015Four personal bests in one day at Harrow Spring 2015.
- 17 May 2014First sub-20 3×3: 15.33 at Oxford Open 2014.
Competitions
- August Bank Holiday Competition 2017 · 26 Aug 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- London Open 2017 · 8 Jul 2017
- Welcome Thay Cambridge 2015 · 19 Dec 2015 — 1 personal best set
- UK Rubik's Cube Championship 2015 · 7 Nov 2015
- Cuthberts Open 2015 · 26 Sep 2015 — 3 personal bests set
- August Bank Holiday Competition 2015 · 29 Aug 2015 — 3 personal bests set
- Welwyn Garden City 2015 · 23 May 2015 — 6 personal bests set
- Harrow Spring 2015 · 28 Feb 2015 — 4 personal bests set
- Oxford Winter 2014 · 20 Dec 2014 — 2 personal bests set
- UK Rubik's Cube Championship 2014 · 1 Nov 2014 — 2 personal bests set
- Cuthberts Open 2014 · 11 Oct 2014 — 2 personal bests set
- ABHC 2014 · 23 Aug 2014 — 1 personal best set
- Oxford Open 2014 · 17 May 2014 — 2 personal bests set
- Welwyn Garden City Open 2014 · 5 Apr 2014
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.
- James Molloy — met in 104 rounds, finished ahead 17 times
- Robert Yau — met in 102 rounds, never finished ahead
- Daniel Sheppard — met in 92 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-4 Pyraminx single — 9,892 people have one; it is 0.78 away.
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 1.76 away.
Targets move as he improves.