Sunday 6 September 2026 Rebuilt nightly from the WCA's official results · export of 6 September 2026 · About
The Middle Three
People → Australia → Oscar Watson

People · Australia

Oscar Watson

2×2 · top 0.27% of 186,767 all-time · competing since September 2017 · 2017WATS07

Oscar Watson has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 0.83, set at Adelaide Summer 2020, puts him in the top 0.27% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 45th in Australia. Until November 2011, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 20 competitions since September 2017, he has put 1,323 official solves on the record across 14 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 65% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 20.33 in September 2017 to 7.08, a 65% improvement. Oscar has entered 20 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 0.27% of 186,767 all-time
0.83
signature single · Adelaide Summer 2020
1,323
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 65% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingAustralia
2×20.832.59
top 0.27%45 / 8,567
3×37.088.52
top 1.4%155 / 11,709
Pyraminx2.183.38
top 1.5%77 / 5,993
Skewb2.194.01
top 1.9%66 / 3,534
3×3 one-handed12.6115.27
top 3.8%89 / 2,659
4×431.8935.19
top 4.1%114 / 3,051
3×3 Fewest Moves25 moves29.67
top 5.1%26 / 468
5×51:03.051:06.00
top 7.2%97 / 1,356
Megaminx1:02.571:08.61
top 11.3%141 / 1,277
Square-117.2323.58
top 21.5%212 / 899
7×73:47.974:03.73
top 26.5%120 / 523
3×3 blindfolded1:40.02—
top 26.6%128 / 394
6×62:39.223:02.30
top 30.3%184 / 641
Clock13.4616.62
top 41.6%428 / 1,095

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

Hamilton Spring 2017: 20.33Hobart Summer 2018: 16.44Cube for Cambodia 2018: 14.19Melbourne Winter 2018: 11.22Adelaide Winter 2018: 11.58Horsham Winter 2018: 11.85Australian Nationals 2018: 9.29Melbourne Summer 2019: 9.42Brilliant Ballarat 2019: 10.08Solving in Sale 2019: 8.46Koalafication Melbourne 2019: 10.05WCA World Championship 2019: 9.11Horsham 2019: 9.24Adelaide Summer 2020: 7.67Melbourne Summer 2020: 7.48Adelaide Twin Sunday 2021: 7.99Barwon Cube for the Kids 2021: 8.08Solving in Sale 2021: 7.08A New Year in Auckland 2024: 7.787.0820.3330 Sep 201720 Jan 2024

Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.

The story so far

Competitions

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.

  • Riley Dexter — met in 186 rounds, finished ahead 68 times
  • Andy Gong — met in 181 rounds, finished ahead 27 times
  • David Epstein — met in 168 rounds, finished ahead 61 times

Next targets

  • A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.08 away.
  • A sub-2 Pyraminx single — 1,476 people have one; it is 0.18 away.

Targets move as he improves.