People · New Zealand
Oscar Welton-Rosie
Pyraminx · top 3.2% of 129,321 all-time · competing since December 2023 · 2023WELT02
Oscar Welton-Rosie has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 2.88, set at Wellington Spring 2025, puts him in the top 3.2% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 65th in New Zealand. Until February 2008, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 20 competitions since December 2023, he has put 630 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 79% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 21.12 in December 2023 to 11.19, a 47% improvement. Oscar has entered 20 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 | New Zealand | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 2.88 | 5.08 | top 3.2% | 65 / 1,141 | |
| 2×2 | 2.68 | 3.94 | top 10.7% | 213 / 1,615 | |
| 3×3 | 11.19 | 14.31 | top 11.1% | 237 / 2,095 | |
| 4×4 | 1:03.29 | 1:10.05 | top 39.9% | 257 / 722 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 27.76 | 30.89 | top 41.3% | 225 / 600 | |
| Megaminx | 1:53.15 | 2:12.93 | top 42.1% | 135 / 283 |
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 2025Four personal bests in one day at Solve Well in Wellington 2025.
- 25 Jan 2025Three personal bests in one day at Just Solve in Johnsonville 2025.
- 14 Sep 2024First sub-15 3×3: 14.01 at Only Cubes in Wellington 2024.
- 30 Mar 2024First sub-20 3×3: 18.09 at Welcome to Wellington 2024.
- 30 Mar 2024Six personal bests in one day at Welcome to Wellington 2024.
- 8 Dec 2023First competition: New Zealand Nationals 2023. A 21.12 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- GAN New Zealand Nationals 2026 · 10 Jul 2026
- Wellington Autumn 2026 · 23 May 2026
- NZ Cubing Heptathlon 2026 · 29 Mar 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Hurry Up Hutt Valley 2026 · 10 Jan 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Farewellington 2025 · 31 Dec 2025
- New Zealand Nationals 2025 · 12 Dec 2025
- Wellington Spring 2025 · 22 Nov 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Solve Well in Wellington 2025 · 23 Aug 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- NZ North Island Championship 2025 · 11 Jul 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Wellington Winter 2025 · 21 Jun 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Wellington Skewb Showdown 2025 · 17 May 2025
- Johnsonville FTOpen 2025 · 8 Mar 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Just Solve in Johnsonville 2025 · 25 Jan 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- New Zealand Nationals 2024 · 13 Dec 2024
- Rubik's WCA Oceanic Championship FMC 2024 · 7 Dec 2024
- Kubing in Kapiti 2024 · 9 Nov 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Only Cubes in Wellington 2024 · 14 Sep 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Solve Well In Wellington 2024 · 1 Jun 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Welcome to Wellington 2024 · 30 Mar 2024 — 6 personal bests set
- New Zealand Nationals 2023 · 8 Dec 2023 — 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.
- Aneurin Hunt — met in 136 rounds, finished ahead 23 times
- Dylan Himmelfarb — met in 136 rounds, never finished ahead
- Jack McDougall — met in 133 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-2 Pyraminx single — 1,476 people have one; it is 0.88 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.68 away.
Targets move as he improves.