People · Australia
Oliver Shea
2×2 · top 0.094% of 186,767 all-time · competing since July 2022 · 2022SHEA01
Oliver Shea has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 0.67, set at Northside Spring Saturday 2022, puts him in the top 0.094% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 21st in Australia. Until June 2015, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 4 competitions since July 2022, he has put 174 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 10% around a typical one, steadier than 97% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 12.99 in July 2022 to 9.20, a 29% improvement. Oliver has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Australia | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 0.67 | 2.75 | top 0.094% | 21 / 8,567 | |
| 3×3 | 9.20 | 10.55 | top 5.3% | 497 / 11,709 | |
| Pyraminx | 3.91 | 7.58 | top 7.2% | 327 / 5,993 | |
| 4×4 | 41.99 | 48.50 | top 14.5% | 363 / 3,051 | |
| Clock | 7.99 | 8.85 | top 15.2% | 176 / 1,095 | |
| Megaminx | 1:11.86 | 1:16.97 | top 16.8% | 201 / 1,277 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 19.05 | 20.96 | top 17.9% | 393 / 2,659 | |
| Skewb | 5.54 | 7.91 | top 22.3% | 587 / 3,534 | |
| 5×5 | 1:45.72 | 1:53.12 | top 39.7% | 531 / 1,356 | |
| Square-1 | 26.15 | 31.32 | top 41.8% | 401 / 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
- 28 Jun 2024First sub-10 3×3: 9.20 at Queensland Open 2024.
- 28 Jun 2024Five personal bests in one day at Queensland Open 2024.
- 26 Nov 2022Four personal bests in one day at Northside Spring Saturday 2022.
- 23 Jul 2022First competition: Queensland Open 2022. A 12.99 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Queensland Open 2024 · 28 Jun 2024 — 5 personal bests set
- Brisbane Summer 2023 · 4 Feb 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Northside Spring Saturday 2022 · 26 Nov 2022 — 4 personal bests set
- Queensland Open 2022 · 23 Jul 2022
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.
- Charlie Eggins — met in 37 rounds, finished ahead once
- Jamie Otsu — met in 36 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
- Vaibhav-Jai Ravipati — met in 36 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.20 away.
- A sub-3 Pyraminx single — 4,700 people have one; it is 0.91 away.
Targets move as he improves.