People · United Kingdom
Oliver Cook
3×3 · top 2.5% of 284,439 all-time · competing since November 2018 · 2018COOK11
Oliver Cook has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.83, set at Wiltshire Spring 2023, puts him in the top 2.5% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 203rd in the United Kingdom. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 9 competitions since November 2018, he has put 354 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 71% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 21.29 in November 2018 to 7.83, a 63% improvement. Oliver has entered nine competitions, more competitions than 91% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United Kingdom | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 7.83 | 10.44 | top 2.5% | 203 / 6,689 | |
| 2×2 | 2.09 | 3.12 | top 5.4% | 395 / 4,895 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.44 | 11.02 | top 23.3% | 914 / 3,656 | |
| 4×4 | 50.83 | 58.94 | top 25.7% | 570 / 2,071 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 23.01 | 31.31 | top 28.8% | 524 / 1,851 | |
| Skewb | 7.81 | 11.47 | top 39.8% | 941 / 2,421 | |
| Square-1 | 25.78 | 34.90 | top 40.9% | 364 / 778 | |
| 5×5 | 1:54.03 | 2:08.71 | top 45.3% | 560 / 1,151 | |
| Clock | 29.00 | — | early days — 1 solve | 1,043 / 1,232 |
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
- 25 Mar 2023Five personal bests in one day at Wiltshire Spring 2023.
- 8 Oct 2022Four personal bests in one day at Chippenham Autumn 2022.
- 8 Feb 2020Three personal bests in one day at Fontwell Open 2020.
- 25 Oct 2019First sub-15 3×3: 12.46 at UK Championship 2019.
- 25 Oct 2019First sub-10 3×3: 9.33 at UK Championship 2019.
- 25 Oct 2019Five personal bests in one day at UK Championship 2019.
Competitions
- Hampshire Winter 2024 · 17 Feb 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Wiltshire Spring 2023 · 25 Mar 2023 — 5 personal bests set
- Wiltshire Winter 2023 · 7 Jan 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Chippenham Autumn 2022 · 8 Oct 2022 — 4 personal bests set
- Fontwell Open 2020 · 8 Feb 2020 — 3 personal bests set
- UK Championship 2019 · 25 Oct 2019 — 5 personal bests set
- High Wycombe Open 2019 · 8 Jun 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Fontwell Open 2019 · 9 Feb 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Weston-super-Mare Open 2018 · 24 Nov 2018 — 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.
- Ben Stokes — met in 79 rounds, never finished ahead
- Jason Harley — met in 62 rounds, finished ahead 8 times
- Daniel Evans — met in 61 rounds, finished ahead 8 times
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.83 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.09 away.
Targets move as he improves.