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Oliver Wood
3×3 · top 8.5% of 284,439 all-time · competing since December 2023 · 2023WOOD37
Oliver Wood has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.36, set at Birmingham Spring 2025, puts him in the top 8.5% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 616th in the United Kingdom. Until February 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 4 competitions since December 2023, he has put 92 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one, an early reading from 8 counted rounds. That figure sets aside his 3 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 12.48 in August 2024 to 10.36, a 17% 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 | United Kingdom | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 10.36 | 12.92 | top 8.5% | 616 / 6,689 | |
| 2×2 | 3.51 | 5.53 | top 20.3% | 1,149 / 4,895 | |
| Megaminx | 1:47.65 | — | top 39.0% | 437 / 966 | |
| 4×4 | 1:04.57 | 1:14.45 | top 41.3% | 892 / 2,071 | |
| Pyraminx | 10.21 | 12.99 | top 54.7% | 2,180 / 3,656 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 46.95 | — | early days — 1 solve | 1,321 / 1,851 | |
| 5×5 | 2:49.54 | — | early days — 3 solves | 924 / 1,151 |
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
- 12 Apr 2025Four personal bests in one day at Birmingham Spring 2025.
- 16 Dec 2023First competition: Wiltshire December 2023.
Competitions
- Rubik's UK Championship 2025 · 22 Aug 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Birmingham Spring 2025 · 12 Apr 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Birmingham Summer 2024 · 17 Aug 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Wiltshire December 2023 · 16 Dec 2023
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.
- Rufus Cripps — met in 24 rounds, finished ahead once
- Blue James — met in 24 rounds, never finished ahead
- Maxwell Davies — met in 23 rounds, finished ahead 11 times
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.36 away.
- A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.51 away.
Targets move as he improves.