People · United Kingdom
Stephen O'Brien
3×3 · top 8.0% of 284,439 all-time · competing since January 2023 · 2023OBRI01
Stephen O'Brien has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.20, set at Glasgow Spring 2024, puts him in the top 8.0% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 586th in the United Kingdom. Until May 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 4 competitions since January 2023, he has put 75 official solves on the record across three events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 90% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. That figure sets aside his 3 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 14.27 in January 2023 to 10.20, a 29% improvement. Stephen has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United Kingdom | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 10.20 | 10.93 | top 8.0% | 586 / 6,689 | |
| 2×2 | 2.72 | 4.09 | top 11.1% | 713 / 4,895 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.62 | 9.52 | top 24.8% | 979 / 3,656 |
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
- 26 May 2023Three personal bests in one day at Glasgow Spring 2023.
- 27 Jan 2023First competition: Glasgow Winter 2023. A 17.00 3×3 single to start from.
- 27 Jan 2023First sub-15 3×3: 14.27 at Glasgow Winter 2023.
Competitions
- Glasgow Spring 2024 · 2 Mar 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Glasgow Autumn 2023 · 22 Sep 2023
- Glasgow Spring 2023 · 26 May 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Glasgow Winter 2023 · 27 Jan 2023 — 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.
- Billy McFadyen — met in 16 rounds, finished ahead 15 times
- Wenhao Hu (胡文浩) — met in 16 rounds, finished ahead 13 times
- Ava Thain — met in 16 rounds, finished ahead 13 times
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.20 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.72 away.
Targets move as he improves.