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Oscar John
Skewb · top 8.3% of 74,164 all-time · competing since October 2025 · 2025JOHN37
Oscar John has been competing for a year. His best event is the Skewb: a personal-best single of 3.59, set at Ottawa Side Events A 2025, puts him in the top 8.3% of the 74,164 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 166th in Canada. Until February 2014, no official Skewb solve in the world had been that fast. Across 6 competitions since October 2025, he has put 112 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one, an early reading from 6 counted rounds. That figure sets aside his 2 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 19.50 in October 2025 to 11.88, a 39% improvement. Oscar has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Skewb | 3.59 | 4.20 | top 8.3% | 166 / 2,928 | |
| 2×2 | 2.53 | 4.71 | top 9.2% | 609 / 7,245 | |
| 3×3 | 11.88 | 14.09 | top 13.6% | 1,303 / 10,502 | |
| Clock | 9.47 | 10.86 | top 22.3% | 204 / 1,057 | |
| Pyraminx | 7.68 | 8.54 | top 33.6% | 1,513 / 4,913 | |
| 4×4 | 1:07.12 | 1:19.88 | top 44.1% | 1,221 / 3,180 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 30.92 | 36.47 | top 48.8% | 1,135 / 2,632 | |
| Square-1 | 34.76 | 45.27 | top 58.1% | 531 / 973 | |
| Megaminx | 2:34.55 | 2:57.31 | top 63.5% | 774 / 1,393 | |
| 5×5 | 2:25.56 | 2:55.62 | top 63.8% | 876 / 1,546 | |
| 6×6 | 6:34.54 | 7:17.51 | early days — 3 solves | 618 / 683 | |
| 7×7 | 10:46.00 | — | early days — 1 solve | 505 / 519 |
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
- 28 Feb 2026First sub-15 3×3: 14.54 at Open de Gatineau 2026.
- 19 Oct 2025First competition: Ottawa Side Events A 2025. A 19.50 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Ottawa Side Events B 2026 · 18 Oct 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Ottawa Big Cubes 2026 · 17 Oct 2026
- Ottawa Spring 2026 · 12 Apr 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Open de Gatineau 2026 · 28 Feb 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Ottawa 3x3x3 Winter A 2026 · 9 Jan 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Ottawa Side Events A 2025 · 19 Oct 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.
- Hiêu Thành Pham — met in 22 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
- Elijah De Groote — met in 16 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
- John Du — met in 16 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
Next targets
- A sub-3 Skewb single — 3,709 people have one; it is 0.59 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 9,039 people have one; it is 0.53 away.
Targets move as he improves.