People · New Zealand
Oscar Hansen
2×2 · top 0.39% of 186,767 all-time · competing since June 2021 · 2021HANS02
Oscar Hansen has been competing for 5 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 0.91, set at Solve Well in Wellington 2025, puts him in the top 0.39% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 24th in New Zealand. Until November 2011, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 11 competitions since June 2021, he has put 677 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 62% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 21.31 in June 2021 to 5.99, a 72% improvement. Oscar has entered eleven competitions, more competitions than 93% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | New Zealand | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 0.91 | 3.76 | top 0.39% | 24 / 1,615 | |
| 3×3 | 5.99 | 9.08 | top 0.48% | 19 / 2,095 | |
| Pyraminx | 1.65 | 2.41 | top 0.61% | 25 / 1,141 | |
| 4×4 | 31.84 | 37.61 | top 4.1% | 43 / 722 | |
| 5×5 | 1:04.94 | 1:12.24 | top 8.4% | 35 / 355 | |
| Megaminx | 1:01.04 | 1:08.97 | top 10.6% | 49 / 283 | |
| Clock | 7.25 | 8.70 | top 12.0% | 58 / 303 | |
| Skewb | 4.47 | 7.85 | top 14.2% | 111 / 666 | |
| 6×6 | 2:16.48 | 2:28.68 | top 18.7% | 35 / 149 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 20.79 | 24.54 | top 22.7% | 128 / 600 | |
| 7×7 | 3:45.56 | 4:07.92 | top 25.5% | 38 / 126 | |
| Square-1 | 21.04 | 28.62 | top 30.3% | 95 / 251 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 39 moves | — | early days — 2 solves | 60 / 111 |
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
- 23 Aug 2025Seven personal bests in one day at Solve Well in Wellington 2025.
- 16 Apr 2023Seven personal bests in one day at Palmerston North 2023.
- 18 Feb 2023Nine personal bests in one day at Wellington Summer 2023.
- 9 Dec 2022Three personal bests in one day at New Zealand Nationals 2022.
- 2 Sep 2022Eight personal bests in one day at NZ North Island Championship 2022.
- 11 Jun 2022First sub-10 3×3: 9.42 at Puzzling Porirua 2022.
Competitions
- Solve Well in Wellington 2025 · 23 Aug 2025 — 7 personal bests set
- Palmerston North 2024 · 4 May 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- New Zealand Nationals 2023 · 8 Dec 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Half Turns Hataitai 2023 · 7 Oct 2023
- Palmerston North 2023 · 16 Apr 2023 — 7 personal bests set
- Wellington Summer 2023 · 18 Feb 2023 — 9 personal bests set
- New Zealand Nationals 2022 · 9 Dec 2022 — 3 personal bests set
- NZ North Island Championship 2022 · 2 Sep 2022 — 8 personal bests set
- Puzzling Porirua 2022 · 11 Jun 2022 — 4 personal bests set
- Palmerston North 2022 · 19 Feb 2022 — 6 personal bests set
- Nimble Napier 2021 · 19 Jun 2021
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.
- Jack McDougall — met in 136 rounds, finished ahead 32 times
- Jack Maddigan — met in 125 rounds, finished ahead 57 times
- Aneurin Hunt — met in 120 rounds, finished ahead 73 times
Next targets
- A sub-5 3×3 single — 344 people have one; it is 0.99 away.
- A sub-1 Pyraminx single — 49 people have one; it is 0.65 away.
Targets move as he improves.