People · New Zealand
Oscar McEvoy
Skewb · top 0.96% of 73,281 all-time · competing since August 2021 · 2021MCEV01
Oscar McEvoy has been competing for 5 years. His best event is the Skewb: a personal-best single of 1.82, set at A New Year in Auckland 2024, puts him in the top 0.96% of the 73,281 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 13th in New Zealand. Until December 2014, no official Skewb solve in the world had been that fast. Across 14 competitions since August 2021, he has put 474 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 77% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 19.52 in August 2021 to 9.42, a 52% improvement. Oscar has entered 14 competitions, more competitions than 95% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | New Zealand | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Skewb | 1.82 | 2.96 | top 0.96% | 13 / 666 | |
| 3×3 | 9.42 | 11.59 | top 5.9% | 133 / 2,095 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 15.82 | 19.87 | top 9.8% | 66 / 600 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.22 | 8.13 | top 14.6% | 207 / 1,141 | |
| 2×2 | 3.22 | 4.26 | top 16.8% | 314 / 1,615 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 39 moves | — | early days — 2 solves | 60 / 111 | |
| Clock | 15.16 | 17.09 | top 48.5% | 169 / 303 |
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
- 20 Jan 2024Three personal bests in one day at A New Year in Auckland 2024.
- 28 Jan 2023First sub-10 3×3: 9.99 at A New Year in Hamilton 2023.
- 28 Jan 2023Three personal bests in one day at A New Year in Hamilton 2023.
- 9 Dec 2022First sub-15 3×3: 13.46 at New Zealand Nationals 2022.
- 13 Aug 2021First competition: NZ North Island Championship 2021. A 19.52 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Auckland Autumn 2025 · 12 Apr 2025
- Max Speed Milford 2024 · 30 Nov 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- NZ North Island Championship 2024 · 19 Jul 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Please Be Quiet Auckland 2024 · 7 Apr 2024
- Te Atatū Newcomers Open 2024 · 16 Mar 2024 — 1 personal best set
- A New Year in Auckland 2024 · 20 Jan 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- New Zealand Nationals 2023 · 8 Dec 2023
- NZ North Island Championship 2023 · 27 Oct 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Tauranga Open 2023 · 19 Aug 2023
- Auckland Mid-Year Madness 2023 · 1 Jul 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Auckland Autumn 2023 · 13 May 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- A New Year in Hamilton 2023 · 28 Jan 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- New Zealand Nationals 2022 · 9 Dec 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- NZ North Island Championship 2021 · 13 Aug 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.
- Brandon Harris — met in 93 rounds, finished ahead 23 times
- Ashley Foster — met in 88 rounds, finished ahead 13 times
- Elyas Eyou — met in 87 rounds, finished ahead 10 times
Next targets
- A sub-1 Skewb single — 35 people have one; it is 0.82 away.
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.42 away.
Targets move as he improves.