People · United Kingdom
Oliver Salmon
3×3 · top 2.9% of 284,439 all-time · competing since January 2022 · 2022SALM01
Oliver Salmon has been competing for 5 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.08, set at Wakefield Autumn 2023, puts him in the top 2.9% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 238th in the United Kingdom. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 5 competitions since January 2022, he has put 184 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 85% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 9.77 in January 2022 to 8.08, a 17% improvement. Oliver has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United Kingdom | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 8.08 | 9.49 | top 2.9% | 238 / 6,689 | |
| Pyraminx | 3.55 | 5.32 | top 5.7% | 210 / 3,656 | |
| 2×2 | 2.53 | 4.00 | top 9.2% | 610 / 4,895 | |
| Clock | 8.86 | 9.74 | top 19.2% | 270 / 1,232 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 20.17 | 22.53 | top 20.9% | 398 / 1,851 | |
| Square-1 | 22.95 | 33.25 | top 34.6% | 307 / 778 | |
| 5×5 | 1:50.28 | 1:56.09 | top 42.8% | 528 / 1,151 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 2:36.14 | — | early days — 2 solves | 183 / 311 | |
| Skewb | 8.87 | 10.12 | top 47.6% | 1,122 / 2,421 | |
| Megaminx | 2:08.89 | — | early days — 2 solves | 582 / 966 | |
| 6×6 | 3:55.97 | — | early days — 1 solve | 373 / 548 | |
| 7×7 | 6:56.41 | — | early days — 1 solve | 388 / 459 |
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
- 20 Oct 2023Four personal bests in one day at Rubik's UK Championship 2023.
- 7 Oct 2023Three personal bests in one day at Wakefield Autumn 2023.
- 25 Feb 2023Five personal bests in one day at Lincolnshire Winter 2023.
- 29 Jan 2022First competition: Wakefield Open 2022. A 9.81 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Rubik's UK Championship 2023 · 20 Oct 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- Wakefield Autumn 2023 · 7 Oct 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Wakefield Spring 2023 · 1 Apr 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Lincolnshire Winter 2023 · 25 Feb 2023 — 5 personal bests set
- Wakefield Open 2022 · 29 Jan 2022 — 2 personal bests set
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.
- Cham J. Chambers — met in 43 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Ben Stokes — met in 43 rounds, finished ahead once
- Luke Burns — met in 39 rounds, finished ahead 9 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.08 away.
- A sub-3 Pyraminx single — 4,700 people have one; it is 0.55 away.
Targets move as he improves.