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Patrick Olson

3×3 · top 65.2% of 284,439 all-time · competing since June 2010 · 2010OLSO01

Patrick Olson has been competing for 16 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 31.59, set at Minnesota Cube Melt 2014, puts him in the top 65.2% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 39,121st in the United States. Across 7 competitions since June 2010, he has put 52 official solves on the record across two events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 17% around a typical one, an early reading from 7 counted rounds. That figure sets aside his 2 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 58.83 in June 2010 to 31.59, a 46% improvement. Patrick has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 65.2% of 284,439 all-time
31.59
signature single · Minnesota Cube Melt 2014
52
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×331.5938.14
top 65.2%39,121 / 59,724
2×212.1315.61
top 84.7%35,197 / 40,951

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

Minnesota Open 2010: 58.83Cubetcha 2010: 47.84Mall of America 2011: 41.38Dixon Open 2011: 47.38Cubetcha 2012: 35.96Cubetcha 2013: 33.61Minnesota Cube Melt 2014: 31.5931.5958.8319 Jun 201010 May 2014

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.

Next targets

  • A sub-30 3×3 single — 177,856 people have one; it is 1.59 away.
  • A sub-12 2×2 single — 157,609 people have one; it is 0.13 away.

Targets move as he improves.