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Wade Olson
3×3 · top 16.1% of 284,439 all-time · competing since May 2023 · 2023OLSO02
Wade Olson has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 12.61, set at Utah Newcomers 2025, puts him in the top 16.1% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 8,601st in the United States. Across 7 competitions since May 2023, he has put 115 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one; 90% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. That figure sets aside his 4 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 22.11 in May 2023 to 12.61, a 43% improvement. Wade has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% 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 | 12.61 | 16.47 | top 16.1% | 8,601 / 59,724 | |
| 2×2 | 3.19 | 5.10 | top 16.5% | 6,475 / 40,951 | |
| Skewb | 6.22 | 10.34 | top 27.5% | 4,488 / 18,907 | |
| 4×4 | 57.41 | 1:04.80 | top 33.6% | 5,364 / 19,072 | |
| Megaminx | 2:19.80 | — | top 56.3% | 4,225 / 7,841 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 42.39 | 53.94 | top 68.6% | 9,824 / 15,683 |
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
- 22 Mar 2025Three personal bests in one day at Utah Newcomers 2025.
- 24 Aug 2024First sub-15 3×3: 13.78 at Back to School Utah 2024.
- 19 Aug 2023First sub-20 3×3: 19.87 at Back to School Utah 2023.
- 19 May 2023First competition: Salt Lake Utah Summer 2023. A 22.11 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Utah Puzzling for Awareness V Favorites 2026 · 11 Apr 2026
- Utah Newcomers 2025 · 22 Mar 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Back to School Utah 2024 · 24 Aug 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Utah Newcomers 2024 · 16 Mar 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Utah Valley Open 2023 · 9 Sep 2023
- Back to School Utah 2023 · 19 Aug 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Salt Lake Utah Summer 2023 · 19 May 2023
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.
- Isaac Myers — met in 27 rounds, never finished ahead
- Canyon Pettitt — met in 26 rounds, never finished ahead
- Damian Wilding — met in 24 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 0.61 away.
- A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.19 away.
Targets move as he improves.