People · United Kingdom
Oscar Jones
3×3 · top 2.8% of 284,439 all-time · competing since August 2015 · 2015JONE07
Oscar Jones has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.98, set at Harrow Autumn 2023, puts him in the top 2.8% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 222nd in the United Kingdom. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 22 competitions since August 2015, he has put 840 official solves on the record across 16 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 53% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 20.29 in August 2015 to 7.98, a 61% improvement. Oscar has entered 22 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United Kingdom | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 7.98 | 11.03 | top 2.8% | 222 / 6,689 | |
| Skewb | 3.19 | 7.00 | top 6.0% | 134 / 2,421 | |
| 2×2 | 2.62 | 4.04 | top 10.1% | 661 / 4,895 | |
| 4×4 | 38.43 | 45.74 | top 10.3% | 240 / 2,071 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 17.54 | 24.16 | top 13.9% | 261 / 1,851 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.34 | 8.37 | top 15.4% | 590 / 3,656 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 1:12.46 | 2:58.28 | top 17.0% | 82 / 311 | |
| Square-1 | 16.02 | 21.11 | top 18.7% | 186 / 778 | |
| Clock | 9.63 | 12.48 | top 23.3% | 320 / 1,232 | |
| 5×5 | 1:25.34 | 1:36.84 | top 23.6% | 315 / 1,151 | |
| 3×3 Multi-Blind | 3 of 3 cubes · 16:36 | — | early days — 2 solves | 82 / 126 | |
| 4×4 blindfolded | 10:24.00 | — | early days — 1 solve | 64 / 84 | |
| Megaminx | 2:36.96 | — | top 64.6% | 732 / 966 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 45 moves | — | early days — 1 solve | 259 / 372 | |
| 6×6 | 4:08.46 | 4:21.36 | top 68.2% | 398 / 548 | |
| 7×7 | 6:20.33 | 7:18.49 | top 72.3% | 348 / 459 |
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
- 14 Apr 2018First sub-10 3×3: 9.90 at High Wycombe Open 2018.
- 14 Apr 2018Seven personal bests in one day at High Wycombe Open 2018.
- 17 Feb 2018Four personal bests in one day at Manchester Open 2018.
- 25 Nov 2017Nine personal bests in one day at Weston-super-Mare Open 2017.
- 27 Oct 2017Four personal bests in one day at UK Championship 2017.
- 23 Sep 2017Nine personal bests in one day at Guildford Open 2017.
Competitions
- Harrow Autumn 2023 · 2 Sep 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- UK Championship 2019 · 25 Oct 2019
- FMC 2019 · 15 Jun 2019
- High Wycombe Open 2019 · 8 Jun 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Chester Open 2019 · 30 Mar 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Cambridge Open 2018 · 15 Dec 2018
- August Bank Holiday Competition 2018 · 25 Aug 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- WCA European Championship 2018 · 19 Jul 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- High Wycombe Open 2018 · 14 Apr 2018 — 7 personal bests set
- Guildford Open 2018 · 17 Mar 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Manchester Open 2018 · 17 Feb 2018 — 4 personal bests set
- Weston-super-Mare Open 2017 · 25 Nov 2017 — 9 personal bests set
- UK Championship 2017 · 27 Oct 2017 — 4 personal bests set
- Guildford Open 2017 · 23 Sep 2017 — 9 personal bests set
- August Bank Holiday Competition 2017 · 26 Aug 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- London Open 2017 · 8 Jul 2017 — 6 personal bests set
- Manchester Open 2017 · 14 Jan 2017 — 4 personal bests set
- UK Championship 2016 · 4 Nov 2016 — 2 personal bests set
- Guildford Open 2016 · 1 Oct 2016 — 1 personal best set
- Welcome Thay Cambridge 2015 · 19 Dec 2015 — 1 personal best set
- UK Rubik's Cube Championship 2015 · 7 Nov 2015
- August Bank Holiday Competition 2015 · 29 Aug 2015 — 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.
- Charlie Stark — met in 184 rounds, finished ahead 22 times
- Fabio Schwandt — met in 184 rounds, finished ahead 7 times
- James Molloy — met in 175 rounds, finished ahead 23 times
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.98 away.
- A sub-3 Skewb single — 3,646 people have one; it is 0.19 away.
Targets move as he improves.