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Oliver Self

3×3 · top 5.6% of 284,439 all-time · competing since September 2022 · 2022SELF01

Oliver Self has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.29, set at Pretzel Mania 2022, puts him in the top 5.6% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3,107th in the United States. Until February 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 7 competitions since September 2022, he has put 169 official solves on the record across three events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 57% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. Oliver has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 5.6% of 284,439 all-time
9.29
signature single · Pretzel Mania 2022
169
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 57% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×39.2911.96
top 5.6%3,107 / 59,724
2×23.103.72
top 15.4%6,032 / 40,951
4×452.631:04.25
top 27.9%4,321 / 19,072

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

Pretzel Mania 2022: 9.29T-Town Showdown 2022: 10.73Kendeda Kubing A 2023: 11.86Bluegrass Bash 2023: 10.68CubingUSA Southeast Championship 2023: 10.12CubingUSA Nationals 2023: 11.27Going Fast in Franklin 2023: 11.839.2911.863 Sep 20222 Sep 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-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.29 away.
  • A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.10 away.

Targets move as he improves.