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Oliver Hettrich

3×3 · top 1.6% of 284,439 all-time · competing since January 2023 · 2023HETT01

Oliver Hettrich has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.22, set at Green Winter 2025, puts him in the top 1.6% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 969th in the United States. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 24 competitions since January 2023, he has put 779 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 55% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 18.23 in January 2023 to 7.22, a 60% improvement. Oliver has entered 24 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 1.6% of 284,439 all-time
7.22
signature single · Green Winter 2025
779
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 55% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×37.228.58
top 1.6%969 / 59,724
2×21.572.82
top 2.5%970 / 40,951
Pyraminx2.854.75
top 3.1%840 / 28,708
Clock4.576.05
top 3.4%283 / 8,927
Skewb2.778.39
top 3.9%612 / 18,907
3×3 one-handed16.2119.59
top 10.7%1,420 / 15,683
4×443.9849.83
top 17.0%2,584 / 19,072
Square-120.0935.14
top 28.2%1,850 / 6,743
5×51:47.532:03.61
top 40.9%3,305 / 9,401
Megaminx2:34.36—
early days — 2 solves4,809 / 7,841

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

Bulldog Winter 2023: 18.23Ohio State RPAC Cube Clash 2023: 18.71NA Stadium Series - Cleveland 2023: 14.90Bulldog Spring 2023: 11.85CubingUSA Nationals 2023: 12.09Bulldog Fall 2023: 7.77CubingUSA Great Lakes Championship 2023: 10.49ALL1- Pittsburgh 2023: 8.16BHT Pyraminx Bash 2024: 9.24Eastwood Cubing 2024: 8.90Bulldog Winter 2024: 8.25Plum Puzzles 2024: 9.45Cincinnati Speed Solving 2024: 8.67Green Spring 2024: 7.75Pennsylvania Championship 2024: 7.73Eastwood Mall Summer 2024: 7.80CubingUSA Great Lakes Championship 2024: 8.12Fast in Fayette 2024: 7.90Ohio State Fall 2024: 8.20Ohio State Winter 2025: 7.58Green Winter 2025: 7.22Cubes in the Mountains WV 2025: 8.36Ohio State Summer 2025: 9.397.2218.7128 Jan 202320 Jul 2025

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.

  • Sean Cutshaw — met in 121 rounds, finished ahead 18 times
  • Xavier Ye — met in 115 rounds, finished ahead 40 times
  • Gabriel Gowman — met in 109 rounds, finished ahead 29 times

Next targets

  • A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.22 away.
  • A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.57 away.

Targets move as he improves.