People · Australia
Xavier Ouano
2×2 · top 8.0% of 186,767 all-time · competing since January 2021 · 2021OUAN01
Xavier Ouano has been competing for 6 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.41, set at SA Sprint Showdown 2024, puts him in the top 8.0% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 601st in Australia. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 18 competitions since January 2021, he has put 423 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 82% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 23.91 in January 2021 to 14.72, a 38% improvement. Xavier has entered 18 competitions, more competitions than 96% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Australia | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 2.41 | 5.51 | top 8.0% | 601 / 8,567 | |
| Skewb | 3.95 | 9.17 | top 10.6% | 274 / 3,534 | |
| 3×3 | 14.72 | 18.11 | top 23.5% | 2,137 / 11,709 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.96 | 10.42 | top 27.5% | 1,429 / 5,993 | |
| Square-1 | 42.01 | — | top 67.8% | 652 / 899 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 41.88 | 1:10.87 | top 67.9% | 1,615 / 2,659 | |
| 4×4 | 1:43.48 | — | top 72.9% | 2,139 / 3,051 | |
| Clock | 30.70 | — | early days — 3 solves | 926 / 1,095 |
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
- 30 Nov 2025First sub-15 3×3: 14.72 at Marino Madness 2025.
- 22 May 2022First sub-20 3×3: 18.98 at Adelaide Autumn 2022.
- 22 May 2022Four personal bests in one day at Adelaide Autumn 2022.
- 5 Jun 2021Three personal bests in one day at SA State Championship 2021.
- 17 Jan 2021First competition: Adelaide Twin Sunday 2021. A 23.91 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Adelaide Summer 2026 · 10 Jan 2026
- Marino Madness 2025 · 30 Nov 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Kubing in Klemzig 2025 · 17 Aug 2025
- SA State Championship 2025 · 19 Jul 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Adelaide Summer 2025 · 10 Jan 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Northern Adelaide Cubing 2024 · 24 Nov 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Unley Spring 2024 · 2 Nov 2024
- Australian Nationals 2024 · 12 Jul 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- SA Sprint Showdown 2024 · 4 May 2024 — 1 personal best set
- All Welcome Adelaide 2024 · 9 Mar 2024
- Adelaide Summer 2024 · 13 Jan 2024
- South Australian Open 2023 · 2 Sep 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Adelaide Winter Sunday 2023 · 25 Jun 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Adelaide Autumn 2023 · 21 May 2023 — 1 personal best set
- On the Side South Australia 2023 · 11 Mar 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Adelaide Autumn 2022 · 22 May 2022 — 4 personal bests set
- SA State Championship 2021 · 5 Jun 2021 — 3 personal bests set
- Adelaide Twin Sunday 2021 · 17 Jan 2021
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.
- Aston Culf — met in 103 rounds, never finished ahead
- Rafael Chowindra — met in 98 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
- Dallas McNeil — met in 96 rounds, finished ahead 16 times
Next targets
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.41 away.
- A sub-3 Skewb single — 3,646 people have one; it is 0.95 away.
Targets move as he improves.