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Oliver Tan
2×2 · top 4.3% of 189,179 all-time · competing since January 2023 · 2023TANO01
Oliver Tan has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.93, set at Cube a Ton in Arlington 2024, puts him in the top 4.3% of the 189,179 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,746th in the United States. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 6 competitions since January 2023, he has put 205 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 88% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. Oliver has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 1.93 | 3.71 | top 4.3% | 1,746 / 41,674 | |
| 3×3 | 9.68 | 12.66 | top 6.6% | 3,690 / 60,666 | |
| 4×4 | 50.69 | 56.62 | top 25.7% | 4,003 / 19,354 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 28.75 | 34.56 | top 43.8% | 5,998 / 15,900 | |
| Pyraminx | 10.67 | 15.76 | top 58.1% | 17,294 / 29,168 | |
| Megaminx | 2:26.06 | — | top 59.5% | 4,574 / 8,026 | |
| 5×5 | 2:22.72 | — | top 62.5% | 5,476 / 9,537 | |
| Skewb | 12.79 | 21.90 | top 69.8% | 13,303 / 19,164 | |
| Clock | 23.76 | 29.30 | top 74.3% | 6,641 / 9,172 | |
| 6×6 | 5:11.85 | — | early days — 1 solve | 3,442 / 4,262 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 9:18.34 | — | early days — 1 solve | 2,084 / 2,128 |
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
- 8 Dec 2024Three personal bests in one day at Cube a Ton in Arlington 2024.
- 22 Nov 2024First sub-10 3×3: 9.68 at Texas Championship 2024.
- 22 Nov 2024Five personal bests in one day at Texas Championship 2024.
- 15 Jan 2023First competition: DFW Cubing Winter 2023. A 11.91 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2026 · 2 Jul 2026
- Cube a Ton in Arlington 2024 · 8 Dec 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Texas Championship 2024 · 22 Nov 2024 — 5 personal bests set
- DFW Cubing Spring 2024 · 28 Apr 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Keep Austin Weird 2023 · 10 Dec 2023 — 1 personal best set
- DFW Cubing Winter 2023 · 15 Jan 2023 — 1 personal best 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.
- Tristan Patrick — met in 47 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
- Aidan Piper — met in 45 rounds, finished ahead 21 times
- John Wanger II — met in 41 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
Next targets
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,050 people have one; it is 0.93 away.
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 1.68 away.
Targets move as he improves.