People · Canada
Oliver Farthing
3×3 · top 14.5% of 284,439 all-time · competing since November 2022 · 2022FART01
Oliver Farthing has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 12.18, set at Waterloo Winter 2025, puts him in the top 14.5% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,376th in Canada. Across 4 competitions since November 2022, he has put 49 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, an early reading from 5 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 21.31 in November 2022 to 12.18, a 43% improvement. Oliver has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 12.18 | 14.13 | top 14.5% | 1,376 / 10,392 | |
| Pyraminx | 8.22 | 13.74 | top 38.1% | 1,744 / 4,858 | |
| 2×2 | 5.35 | 6.27 | top 43.6% | 3,050 / 7,173 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 30.52 | 35.60 | top 47.8% | 1,111 / 2,620 | |
| Skewb | 11.24 | 15.99 | top 62.1% | 1,730 / 2,907 |
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 line so far
Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 25 Jan 2025First sub-15 3×3: 12.32 at Waterloo Winter 2025.
- 24 Sep 2023First sub-20 3×3: 17.75 at Appleby Fall B 2023.
- 26 Nov 2022First competition: Oakville Fall A 2022. A 21.31 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Waterloo Winter 2025 · 25 Jan 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Appleby Fall B 2023 · 24 Sep 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Appleby Winter B 2023 · 8 Jan 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Oakville Fall A 2022 · 26 Nov 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.
- Nicholas McKee — met in 13 rounds, finished ahead once
- Abdullah Gulab — met in 11 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Abishua James Thomas — met in 11 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 0.18 away.
- A sub-8 Pyraminx single — 46,752 people have one; it is 0.22 away.
Targets move as he improves.