People · New Zealand
Oliver Gracewood
2×2 · top 0.41% of 189,179 all-time · competing since January 2018 · 2018GRAC01
Oliver Gracewood has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 0.92, set at NZ North Island Championship 2026, puts him in the top 0.41% of the 189,179 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 26th in New Zealand. Until November 2011, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 11 competitions since January 2018, he has put 535 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 54% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 18.65 in January 2018 to 7.68, a 59% improvement. Oliver has entered eleven competitions, more competitions than 93% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | New Zealand | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 0.92 | 2.55 | top 0.41% | 26 / 1,627 | |
| 4×4 | 28.48 | 34.32 | top 2.0% | 25 / 745 | |
| Pyraminx | 2.46 | 3.78 | top 2.1% | 57 / 1,149 | |
| 3×3 | 7.68 | 9.20 | top 2.3% | 70 / 2,145 | |
| 5×5 | 58.38 | 1:02.54 | top 4.8% | 27 / 364 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 15.75 | 19.97 | top 9.7% | 65 / 607 | |
| 7×7 | 2:57.99 | 3:24.94 | top 10.0% | 19 / 126 | |
| Square-1 | 12.43 | 17.44 | top 10.8% | 37 / 254 | |
| Skewb | 4.23 | 8.23 | top 12.6% | 99 / 670 | |
| 6×6 | 2:05.98 | 2:11.84 | top 13.8% | 29 / 150 | |
| Megaminx | 1:10.14 | 1:16.29 | top 15.7% | 66 / 284 | |
| Clock | 12.17 | 16.74 | top 35.8% | 136 / 319 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 5:29.94 | — | early days — 1 solve | 78 / 86 |
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
- 27 Feb 2026Eight personal bests in one day at NZ North Island Championship 2026.
- 15 Nov 2025Four personal bests in one day at Drury Summer 2025.
- 25 Oct 2025Six personal bests in one day at New Zealand Cubing Decathlon 2025.
- 20 Sep 2025Six personal bests in one day at Beachside Auckland 2025.
- 16 Aug 2025Four personal bests in one day at 2x2 in Tāmaki Makaurau 2025.
- 26 Apr 2019Six personal bests in one day at NxNZ 2019.
Competitions
- Dualling in Milford 2026 · 26 Sep 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- NZ North Island Championship 2026 · 27 Feb 2026 — 8 personal bests set
- New Zealand Nationals 2025 · 12 Dec 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Drury Summer 2025 · 15 Nov 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- New Zealand Cubing Decathlon 2025 · 25 Oct 2025 — 6 personal bests set
- Beachside Auckland 2025 · 20 Sep 2025 — 6 personal bests set
- 2x2 in Tāmaki Makaurau 2025 · 16 Aug 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- NxNZ 2019 · 26 Apr 2019 — 6 personal bests set
- New Zealand Nationals 2018 · 14 Dec 2018 — 6 personal bests set
- Auckland Spring 2018 · 1 Sep 2018 — 4 personal bests set
- NxNZ Open 2018 · 27 Jan 2018
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.
- Brandon Harris — met in 83 rounds, finished ahead 44 times
- Elyas Eyou — met in 71 rounds, finished ahead 16 times
- Richard Yiheng Tao — met in 69 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-25 4×4 single — 614 people have one; it is 3.48 away.
- A sub-2 Pyraminx single — 1,497 people have one; it is 0.46 away.
Targets move as he improves.