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Sarah Olson

Megaminx · top 6.4% of 34,786 all-time · competing since November 2015 · 2015COOK03

Sarah Olson has been competing for 11 years. Her best event is the Megaminx: a personal-best single of 52.92, set at Cubetcha 2019, puts her in the top 6.4% of the 34,786 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 455th in the United States. Until April 2010, no official Megaminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 56 competitions since November 2015, she has put 1,596 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, her 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 92% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. Her 3×3 best has come down from 29.47 in November 2015 to 10.99, a 63% improvement. Sarah has entered 56 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

Megaminx
best event — top 6.4% of 34,786 all-time
52.92
signature single · Cubetcha 2019
1,596
official solves on the record
11%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 92% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
Megaminx52.921:05.01
top 6.4%455 / 7,841
Pyraminx4.219.10
top 8.7%2,243 / 28,708
3×310.9913.57
top 10.4%5,652 / 59,724
4×440.1247.38
top 12.3%1,814 / 19,072
2×23.475.20
top 19.8%7,791 / 40,951
3×3 one-handed22.8433.53
top 28.3%3,659 / 15,683
5×51:32.401:42.99
top 29.3%2,304 / 9,401
Skewb9.8014.63
top 53.7%9,698 / 18,907
6×63:29.284:01.32
top 54.4%2,055 / 4,196
Square-134.3051.49
top 57.2%3,777 / 6,743
Clock18.8422.78
top 61.3%5,174 / 8,927
7×75:53.636:22.37
top 66.2%2,005 / 3,184
3×3 Fewest Moves48 moves—
early days — 2 solves1,529 / 2,040

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

Kansas City Cubing 2015: 29.47KCubing Spring 2016: 21.66Saint Mary Scramble 2016: 17.39KCubing Summer 2016: 18.74Lawrence Fall 2016: 16.44Cubetcha 2016: 14.85Marrs Mixup Winter 2017: 13.60KCubing Winter 2017: 15.68Iowa State Spring 2017: 16.52Overland Park Open 2017: 13.50Minnesota Cube Melt 2017: 14.39South Omaha Speedsolve 2017: 14.20CubingUSA Nationals 2017: 13.23Heartland Championships 2017: 13.90Northwest Championships 2017: 13.68September Speedcubing 2017: 12.86Cubetcha 2017: 14.21KCubing Fall 2017: 13.38SacCubing III 2018: 11.85Slow N Steady Winter 2018: 11.07CubingUSA Heartland Championship 2018: 12.72BarbeCubing 2018: 12.53CubeIowa 2018: 12.86Dixon Spring 2018: 10.99Gateway Ravioli Spring 2018: 11.81Three Seconds Snakes 2018: 11.96Minnesota Cube Melt 2018: 12.39Coach Pigeon 2018: 13.12West Coast Cubing Tour - Los Angeles 2018: 13.12West Coast Cubing Tour - Fresno 2018: 12.70West Coast Cubing Tour - Cupertino 2018: 13.16CubingUSA Nationals 2018: 14.76BarbeCubing Fall 2018: 12.76Cubetcha 2018: 12.46Independence Cube Day 2018: 12.88Fargo Fall 2018: 11.63Wiscube 2018: 13.24Mega Minnesota Winter 2018: 15.15Race the Clock 2018: 13.48Sioux Falls Winter 2019: 12.29CubingUSA Heartland Championship 2019: 12.92Minnesota Cube Melt 2019: 11.57BarbeCubing Spring 2019: 13.29CubingUSA Great Lakes Championship 2019: 13.40Minnesota Qualifier 2019: 14.47CubingUSA Nationals 2019: 13.17Sioux Fall 2019: 14.29Superior Cubing - Duluth 2019: 11.71North Liberty 2019: 14.89Cubetcha 2019: 14.93North Star Cubing Challenge 2020: 12.42North Star Cubing Challenge 2022: 12.61Minnesota Cube Melt 2022: 13.2310.9929.477 Nov 20159 Apr 2022

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 her.

Next targets

  • A sub-50 Megaminx single — 1,776 people have one; it is 2.92 away.
  • A sub-4 Pyraminx single — 9,892 people have one; it is 0.21 away.

Targets move as she improves.