People · United States
Oliver Yarkey
2×2 · top 37.0% of 186,767 all-time · competing since September 2025 · 2025YARK01
Oliver Yarkey has been competing for a year. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 4.82, set at ODU Big Blue Open 2025, puts him in the top 37.0% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 14,805th in the United States. Across 3 competitions since September 2025, he has put 48 official solves on the record across six events. His 4×4 best has come down from 1:29.74 in September 2025 to 1:19.13, a 12% improvement. Oliver has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% 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 | 4.82 | 5.54 | top 37.0% | 14,805 / 40,951 | |
| Pyraminx | 8.82 | 12.49 | top 43.3% | 12,388 / 28,708 | |
| 3×3 | 24.85 | 29.34 | top 52.3% | 30,568 / 59,724 | |
| 4×4 | 1:19.13 | 1:30.56 | top 55.2% | 9,448 / 19,072 | |
| Skewb | 11.02 | 14.09 | top 60.9% | 11,214 / 18,907 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 1:12.02 | — | early days — 2 solves | 13,721 / 15,683 |
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, 4×4. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 13 Sep 2025First competition: ODU Big Blue Open 2025.
Competitions
- Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2026 · 2 Jul 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Virginia Beach Fall 2025 · 11 Oct 2025 — 1 personal best set
- ODU Big Blue Open 2025 · 13 Sep 2025
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.
- Clark Leffel — met in 11 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Landon Powell — met in 11 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Ryland Wilson — met in 11 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-4 2×2 single — 49,452 people have one; it is 0.82 away.
- A sub-8 Pyraminx single — 46,752 people have one; it is 0.82 away.
Targets move as he improves.