People · United States
Stanley Ou
3×3 · top 1.4% of 288,433 all-time · competing since January 2020 · 2020OUST01
Stanley Ou has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.04, set at Silver Spring Summer 2022, puts him in the top 1.4% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 863rd in the United States. Until November 2010, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 9 competitions since January 2020, he has put 312 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 62% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 8.46 in January 2020 to 7.04, a 17% improvement. Stanley has entered nine competitions, more competitions than 91% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 7.04 | 9.22 | top 1.4% | 863 / 60,666 | |
| 4×4 | 32.53 | 35.56 | top 4.7% | 743 / 19,354 | |
| 2×2 | 2.39 | 3.40 | top 7.9% | 3,162 / 41,674 | |
| Square-1 | 11.33 | 15.10 | top 8.6% | 619 / 6,846 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 15.61 | 19.98 | top 9.4% | 1,269 / 15,900 | |
| 5×5 | 1:07.03 | 1:14.63 | top 9.8% | 774 / 9,537 | |
| Megaminx | 1:09.12 | 1:26.40 | top 15.1% | 1,049 / 8,026 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.38 | 6.77 | top 15.6% | 4,181 / 29,168 | |
| Skewb | 4.79 | 8.46 | top 16.7% | 2,659 / 19,164 | |
| 6×6 | 2:16.99 | 2:34.09 | top 19.1% | 684 / 4,262 | |
| 7×7 | 4:16.68 | 4:26.07 | top 36.7% | 1,045 / 3,236 | |
| Clock | 13.66 | 15.84 | top 42.4% | 3,484 / 9,172 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 3:51.47 | — | early days — 2 solves | 1,393 / 2,128 |
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
- 14 May 2022Four personal bests in one day at River Hill Spring 2022.
- 23 Feb 2020Three personal bests in one day at Slow N Steady Winter 2020.
- 11 Jan 2020First competition: Potomac Speedcubing 2020. A 9.88 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Beaver Falls Open 2026 · 19 Sep 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Tartan Twist PA 2026 · 29 Aug 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Pittsburgh Spring 2023 · 1 Apr 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Silver Spring Summer 2022 · 13 Aug 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- River Hill Spring 2022 · 14 May 2022 — 4 personal bests set
- Slow N Steady Spring 2022 · 2 Apr 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Slow N Steady Fall 2021 · 20 Nov 2021
- Slow N Steady Winter 2020 · 23 Feb 2020 — 3 personal bests set
- Potomac Speedcubing 2020 · 11 Jan 2020 — 2 personal bests 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.
- Charles Jerome — met in 31 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
- Michael Nielsen — met in 31 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
- Hassan Khanani — met in 30 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,419 people have one; it is 1.04 away.
- A sub-30 4×4 single — 2,465 people have one; it is 2.53 away.
Targets move as he improves.