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Oliver Schuch

3×3 · top 7.6% of 284,439 all-time · competing since November 2021 · 2021SCHU02

Oliver Schuch has been competing for 5 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.06, set at Cubing with the Cats Saturday 2022, puts him in the top 7.6% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 123rd in Ireland. Until May 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 5 competitions since November 2021, he has put 193 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 9% around a typical one, steadier than 99% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 16.50 in November 2021 to 10.06, a 39% improvement. Oliver has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 7.6% of 284,439 all-time
10.06
signature single · Cubing with the Cats Saturday 2022
193
official solves on the record
9%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 99% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingIreland
3×310.0612.52
top 7.6%123 / 1,427
2×22.855.34
top 12.6%177 / 1,163
4×448.991:00.06
top 23.5%119 / 579
3×3 one-handed22.9827.28
top 28.7%105 / 448
5×51:32.941:47.08
top 29.8%89 / 296
Pyraminx13.9016.48
top 77.4%745 / 911
7×76:53.57
early days — 1 solve88 / 108
3×3 Fewest Moves56 moves
early days — 1 solve79 / 88

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

Tuam Re-Open Saturday 2021: 16.50Seaside Solving Saturday 2022: 13.78Cubing with the Cats Saturday 2022: 10.06Dublin Open Sunday 2022: 12.17Don't Fail Kinsale 2023: 11.7210.0616.5027 Nov 20212 Dec 2023

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.

Next targets

  • A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.06 away.
  • A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.85 away.

Targets move as he improves.