People · Australia
Oscar Hahnel
2×2 · top 3.5% of 189,179 all-time · competing since November 2023 · 2023HAHN03
Oscar Hahnel has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.78, set at Puzzling Pakenham Sunday 2025, puts him in the top 3.5% of the 189,179 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 283rd in Australia. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 8 competitions since November 2023, he has put 195 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 79% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 17.01 in November 2023 to 10.17, a 40% improvement. Oscar has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Australia | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 1.78 | 3.17 | top 3.5% | 283 / 8,727 | |
| 3×3 | 10.17 | 12.77 | top 8.0% | 742 / 11,943 | |
| Megaminx | 1:26.33 | 1:38.48 | top 25.9% | 331 / 1,313 | |
| 4×4 | 55.51 | 1:04.57 | top 31.4% | 828 / 3,108 | |
| Square-1 | 22.45 | 28.86 | top 33.5% | 326 / 920 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 26.04 | 29.26 | top 37.0% | 855 / 2,685 | |
| Skewb | 8.20 | 11.48 | top 42.9% | 1,338 / 3,589 | |
| Pyraminx | 11.96 | 24.04 | top 67.0% | 4,089 / 6,109 | |
| 5×5 | 2:34.99 | — | early days — 2 solves | 984 / 1,412 |
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
- 24 Jan 2025Three personal bests in one day at Melbourne Summer 2025.
- 30 Nov 2024Three personal bests in one day at Melbourne Cube Days 2024.
- 6 Oct 2024Three personal bests in one day at Spark Melbourne Spring Sunday 2024.
- 19 Jan 2024First sub-15 3×3: 13.71 at Melbourne Summer 2024.
- 19 Jan 2024Four personal bests in one day at Melbourne Summer 2024.
- 11 Nov 2023First competition: Melbourne Cube Days 2023. A 17.01 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Puzzling Pakenham Sunday 2025 · 28 Sep 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Melbourne Summer 2025 · 24 Jan 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Melbourne Cube Days 2024 · 30 Nov 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Spark Melbourne Spring Sunday 2024 · 6 Oct 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- The Big Cube Melbourne 2024 · 20 Jul 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Kensington May Sunday 2024 · 12 May 2024
- Melbourne Summer 2024 · 19 Jan 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- Melbourne Cube Days 2023 · 11 Nov 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.
- Roman Rudakov — met in 40 rounds, never finished ahead
- Lennon Hughes — met in 37 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Nathan Fares — met in 37 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,050 people have one; it is 0.78 away.
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,606 people have one; it is 0.17 away.
Targets move as he improves.