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Oliver Ling
3×3 · top 1.8% of 284,439 all-time · competing since April 2016 · 2016LING02
Oliver Ling has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.38, set at Melbourne Summer 2025, puts him in the top 1.8% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 196th in Australia. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 11 competitions since April 2016, he has put 407 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 75% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 17.59 in April 2016 to 7.38, a 58% 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 | Australia | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 7.38 | 9.92 | top 1.8% | 196 / 11,709 | |
| 2×2 | 2.02 | 3.80 | top 4.9% | 366 / 8,567 | |
| 4×4 | 34.13 | 38.84 | top 6.0% | 156 / 3,051 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 14.06 | 17.77 | top 6.2% | 141 / 2,659 | |
| 5×5 | 1:09.16 | 1:14.58 | top 11.0% | 148 / 1,356 | |
| 7×7 | 3:10.75 | 3:26.77 | top 13.6% | 64 / 523 | |
| 6×6 | 2:12.93 | 2:18.08 | top 16.8% | 99 / 641 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.96 | 7.54 | top 19.7% | 972 / 5,993 | |
| Skewb | 5.77 | 8.32 | top 24.0% | 637 / 3,534 | |
| Megaminx | 1:50.57 | — | early days — 2 solves | 502 / 1,277 | |
| Square-1 | 48.40 | — | early days — 2 solves | 699 / 899 |
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
- 24 Jan 2025Four personal bests in one day at Melbourne Summer 2025.
- 30 Nov 2024Four personal bests in one day at Melbourne Cube Days 2024.
- 11 Nov 2023Four personal bests in one day at Melbourne Cube Days 2023.
- 21 Jan 2022Four personal bests in one day at Melbourne Summer 2022.
- 25 Jan 2020First sub-10 3×3: 9.56 at Melbourne Summer 2020.
- 25 Jan 2020Four personal bests in one day at Melbourne Summer 2020.
Competitions
- Melbourne Cube Days 2025 · 29 Nov 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Melbourne Summer 2025 · 24 Jan 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Melbourne Cube Days 2024 · 30 Nov 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- Melbourne Cube Days 2023 · 11 Nov 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- Melbourne Summer 2022 · 21 Jan 2022 — 4 personal bests set
- Melbourne Summer 2020 · 25 Jan 2020 — 4 personal bests set
- Melbourne Cube Days 2019 · 30 Nov 2019 — 5 personal bests set
- Altona Algorithms 2019 · 5 Oct 2019 — 5 personal bests set
- Cube for Cambodia 2016 · 24 Jul 2016
- Connor's Cube Day 2016 · 29 May 2016 — 1 personal best set
- Melbourne Autumn 2016 · 30 Apr 2016
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.
- Riley Dexter — met in 86 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Tommy Kiprillis — met in 83 rounds, never finished ahead
- Myles Jarman — met in 82 rounds, finished ahead 19 times
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.38 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.02 away.
Targets move as he improves.