People · United Kingdom
Oliver Crunden
Pyraminx · top 8.2% of 129,321 all-time · competing since October 2022 · 2022CRUN01
Oliver Crunden has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 4.11, set at Exeter Summer 2023, puts him in the top 8.2% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 319th in the United Kingdom. Until February 2008, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 14 competitions since October 2022, he has put 389 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 80% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 29.68 in October 2022 to 14.38, a 52% 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 | 4.11 | 8.90 | top 8.2% | 319 / 3,656 | |
| Clock | 7.78 | 9.26 | top 14.1% | 205 / 1,232 | |
| 2×2 | 3.44 | 4.25 | top 19.4% | 1,105 / 4,895 | |
| 3×3 | 14.38 | 17.68 | top 22.3% | 1,493 / 6,689 | |
| Skewb | 5.75 | 7.17 | top 23.8% | 539 / 2,421 | |
| Megaminx | 1:50.31 | — | top 40.5% | 456 / 966 | |
| 4×4 | 1:21.34 | — | top 57.0% | 1,241 / 2,071 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 37.72 | 41.85 | top 61.9% | 1,068 / 1,851 | |
| 5×5 | 2:52.05 | — | early days — 3 solves | 939 / 1,151 | |
| Square-1 | 1:00.79 | — | top 84.2% | 676 / 778 |
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
- 20 Jan 2024Four personal bests in one day at Bristol Winter 2024.
- 18 Nov 2023Five personal bests in one day at Weston-super-Mare Autumn 2023.
- 26 Aug 2023First sub-15 3×3: 14.45 at August Bank Holiday Cheltenham 2023.
- 17 Jun 2023Four personal bests in one day at Wiltshire Summer 2023.
- 3 Jun 2023First sub-20 3×3: 17.53 at Exeter Summer 2023.
- 3 Jun 2023Four personal bests in one day at Exeter Summer 2023.
Competitions
- Weston-super-Mare Winter 2025 · 4 Jan 2025
- Rubik's UK Championship 2024 · 1 Nov 2024
- Wiltshire March 2024 · 23 Mar 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Bristol Winter 2024 · 20 Jan 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- Weston-super-Mare Autumn 2023 · 18 Nov 2023 — 5 personal bests set
- Rubik's UK Championship 2023 · 20 Oct 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Wiltshire Autumn 2023 · 9 Sep 2023 — 1 personal best set
- August Bank Holiday Cheltenham 2023 · 26 Aug 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Bristol Summer 2023 · 8 Jul 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Wiltshire Summer 2023 · 17 Jun 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- Exeter Summer 2023 · 3 Jun 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- Wiltshire Spring 2023 · 25 Mar 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Wiltshire Winter 2023 · 7 Jan 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Chippenham Autumn 2022 · 8 Oct 2022
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.
- Rufus Cripps — met in 93 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
- Aidan Grainger — met in 83 rounds, finished ahead once
- Alex Pennington — met in 78 rounds, finished ahead 9 times
Next targets
- A sub-4 Pyraminx single — 9,892 people have one; it is 0.11 away.
- A sub-6 Clock single — 2,324 people have one; it is 1.78 away.
Targets move as he improves.