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Oliver Skaaland

2×2 · top 5.7% of 186,767 all-time · competing since July 2019 · 2019SKAA01

Oliver Skaaland has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.13, set at Bergen Spring 2023, puts him in the top 5.7% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 86th in Norway. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 7 competitions since July 2019, he has put 218 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 79% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 2×2 best has come down from 5.88 in July 2019 to 2.13, a 64% improvement. Oliver has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 5.7% of 186,767 all-time
2.13
signature single · Bergen Spring 2023
218
official solves on the record
15%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 79% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingNorway
2×22.133.90
top 5.7%86 / 1,202
3×312.3914.45
top 15.2%242 / 1,609
Pyraminx8.0011.93
top 36.2%339 / 865
Skewb9.1714.79
top 49.6%288 / 531
3×3 one-handed34.3052.22
top 56.0%253 / 513

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

Bergen Open 2019: 5.88Kjeller Open 2019: 3.15Bergen Open 2022: 3.56Kjeller Open 2022: 2.73Bergen Spring 2023: 2.13Bergen Open 2023: 3.44Bergen Spring 2024: 2.662.135.8827 Jul 201916 Mar 2024

Best single per competition, 2×2. 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-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.13 away.
  • A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 0.39 away.

Targets move as he improves.