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Oliver Drew

2×2 · top 0.62% of 186,767 all-time · competing since October 2019 · 2019DREW01

Oliver Drew has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.03, set at Melbourne Cube Days 2024, puts him in the top 0.62% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 63rd in Australia. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 33 competitions since October 2019, he has put 1,690 official solves on the record across 15 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 65% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 22.18 in October 2019 to 6.45, a 71% improvement. Oliver has entered 33 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 0.62% of 186,767 all-time
1.03
signature single · Melbourne Cube Days 2024
1,690
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 65% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingAustralia
2×21.032.07
top 0.62%63 / 8,567
3×36.458.42
top 0.81%85 / 11,709
4×427.5333.82
top 1.6%42 / 3,051
Skewb2.394.98
top 2.5%89 / 3,534
Pyraminx2.623.27
top 2.5%120 / 5,993
Clock4.985.39
top 4.4%61 / 1,095
Megaminx54.011:00.23
top 7.0%90 / 1,277
3×3 one-handed14.6418.15
top 7.4%167 / 2,659
5×51:03.391:08.60
top 7.4%100 / 1,356
Square-114.6317.65
top 15.6%155 / 899
3×3 Fewest Moves31 moves40.00
top 17.4%81 / 468
6×62:19.892:23.90
top 20.4%118 / 641
3×3 blindfolded1:37.062:05.93
top 25.6%126 / 394
7×73:54.574:05.31
top 28.7%130 / 523
3×3 Multi-Blind3 of 3 cubes · 18:32—
top 51.1%90 / 180

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

Altona Algorithms 2019: 22.18Melbourne Cube Days 2019: 20.83Melbourne Summer 2020: 15.18Melbourne Summer 2021: 14.21Altona Algorithms Attempt 2 2021: 11.38Melbourne Summer 2022: 9.66Wonderful Williamstown 2022: 10.35Melbourne Trilogy Saturday 2022: 11.44Koalafication Melbourne 2022: 8.88Rubik's WCA Oceanic Championship 2022: 8.77Melbourne Summer 2023: 9.45Speedcubing at Seaworks 2023: 9.78Victorian Open 2023: 9.16Melbourne Cubing for Kids Sunday 2023: 9.05Melbourne Cube Days 2023: 9.24Melbourne Summer 2024: 8.67Altona Algorithms 2024: 8.11Cubing at The Game Expo 2024: 7.60Kensington May Saturday 2024: 7.67The Big Cube Melbourne 2024: 8.37Spark Melbourne Spring Saturday 2024: 8.38Melbourne Cube Days 2024: 7.63Melbourne Summer 2025: 6.48Spark Melbourne February 2025: 7.53VIC State Championship 2025: 7.86Spark Melbourne July 2025: 7.76The Big Cube Melbourne 2025: 8.10Melbourne Cube Days 2025: 6.45Melbourne Summer 2026: 7.52North-East Melbourne March Saturday 2026: 7.89West Melbourne Open 2026: 6.68Australian Nationals 2026: 8.546.4522.185 Oct 20199 Jul 2026

Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.

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.

Next targets

  • A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.03 away.
  • A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 0.45 away.

Targets move as he improves.