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Olivier Stietel

2×2 · top 8.5% of 186,767 all-time · competing since April 2009 · 2009STIE02

Olivier Stietel has been competing for 17 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.46, set at Diñs Open 2011, puts him in the top 8.5% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 328th in France. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 27 competitions since April 2009, he has put 859 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 92% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 29.36 in April 2009 to 13.27, a 55% improvement. Olivier has entered 27 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 8.5% of 186,767 all-time
2.46
signature single · Diñs Open 2011
859
official solves on the record
11%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 92% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingFrance
2×22.464.13
top 8.5%328 / 3,074
3×3 Fewest Moves28 moves—
early days — 1 solve53 / 367
3×313.2715.56
top 18.4%900 / 4,746
Square-117.4022.27
top 21.8%116 / 540
Pyraminx6.7513.70
top 25.8%614 / 2,148
3×3 one-handed25.3632.47
top 35.2%515 / 1,490
4×41:01.591:12.24
top 38.2%674 / 1,817
5×52:39.563:13.46
top 70.3%659 / 1,024
Megaminx3:04.25—
early days — 1 solve578 / 867
Clock34.7238.15
top 89.5%633 / 714
3×3 blindfolded9:08.93—
early days — 2 solves422 / 434
6×610:10.00—
early days — 1 solve434 / 437

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

French Championship 2009: 29.36French Open 2010: 18.36Montpellier Open 2010: 15.21French Championship 2010: 17.11First Chamal'Open 2010: 15.50Galeries Lafayette Open 2010: 15.81Naoned Open 2010: 16.52Puy de Dome Open 2010: 14.25Breizh Open 2011: 15.34Neptune Open 2011: 14.09Diñs Open 2011: 14.77French Championship 2011: 13.27Montpellier Open 2011: 16.18Dolmen Open 2011: 15.36Galeries Lafayette Open 2011: 14.78Cachan Open 2011: 14.53Puy de Dome Open 2011: 14.72French Championship 2012: 13.80Zune Open 2012: 13.55Dolmen Open 2012: 15.11Puy de Dôme Open 2012: 14.38Grenoble Winter Open 2014: 16.46FLIP Open 2017: 15.48French Championship 2018: 18.11Paris Open 2018: 15.30Paris Open 2019: 19.5513.2729.3610 Apr 200919 Oct 2019

Best single per competition, 3×3. 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 0.46 away.
  • A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 1.27 away.

Targets move as he improves.