People · United States
Olly Duel
3×3 · top 3.8% of 284,439 all-time · competing since April 2023 · 2023DUEL01
Olly Duel has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.53, set at Coffee Cup Tacoma 2025, puts him in the top 3.8% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,134th in the United States. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 9 competitions since April 2023, he has put 302 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 60% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 17.98 in April 2023 to 8.53, a 53% improvement. Olly has entered nine competitions, more competitions than 91% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 8.53 | 11.01 | top 3.8% | 2,134 / 59,724 | |
| 2×2 | 2.60 | 3.35 | top 9.9% | 3,907 / 40,951 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 16.48 | 24.38 | top 11.3% | 1,485 / 15,683 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.16 | 6.16 | top 14.2% | 3,711 / 28,708 | |
| Skewb | 5.49 | 9.77 | top 21.9% | 3,491 / 18,907 | |
| 4×4 | 51.39 | 59.00 | top 26.4% | 4,066 / 19,072 | |
| 5×5 | 1:31.25 | 1:39.59 | top 28.3% | 2,224 / 9,401 | |
| Megaminx | 1:36.59 | 1:53.28 | top 32.5% | 2,294 / 7,841 | |
| Square-1 | 27.66 | 43.52 | top 44.9% | 2,918 / 6,743 | |
| 6×6 | 3:40.39 | — | early days — 2 solves | 2,249 / 4,196 | |
| 7×7 | 6:36.40 | 6:44.14 | early days — 3 solves | 2,357 / 3,184 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 8:06.13 | — | early days — 1 solve | 1,991 / 2,092 |
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
- 9 Aug 2025First sub-10 3×3: 8.53 at Coffee Cup Tacoma 2025.
- 9 Aug 2025Nine personal bests in one day at Coffee Cup Tacoma 2025.
- 23 Mar 2024Three personal bests in one day at Lakewood Newcomers 2024.
- 20 Jan 2024Three personal bests in one day at Tacoma Winter Twisters 2024.
- 8 Jul 2023First sub-15 3×3: 14.69 at Eugene Cubing 2023.
- 8 Jul 2023Three personal bests in one day at Eugene Cubing 2023.
Competitions
- Meridian Marathon 2026 · 25 Apr 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Coffee Cup Tacoma 2025 · 9 Aug 2025 — 9 personal bests set
- Lakewood Newcomers 2025 · 22 Mar 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Tacoma Winter 2025 · 18 Jan 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Lakewood Newcomers 2024 · 23 Mar 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Tacoma Winter Twisters 2024 · 20 Jan 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Eugene Cubing 2023 · 8 Jul 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Lakewood Spring 2023 · 13 May 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- Welcome to Olympia 2023 · 29 Apr 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.
- Sebastian Valdes — met in 52 rounds, finished ahead 17 times
- Henry Spear — met in 52 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Ethan Ekstrom — met in 48 rounds, finished ahead 19 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.53 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.60 away.
Targets move as he improves.