People · Canada
Augustine A. Dowling
2×2 · top 5.3% of 189,179 all-time · competing since July 2025 · 2025DOWL04
Augustine A. Dowling has been competing for a year. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.08, set at Zambia Cubing Open 2025, puts him in the top 5.3% of the 189,179 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 333rd in Canada. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 2 competitions since July 2025, he has put 69 official solves on the record across six events. Augustine has entered two competitions.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 2.08 | 4.35 | top 5.3% | 333 / 7,245 | |
| 3×3 | 10.62 | 12.43 | top 9.4% | 873 / 10,502 | |
| Skewb | 4.90 | 12.50 | top 17.4% | 395 / 2,928 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 21.56 | 23.66 | top 24.8% | 542 / 2,632 | |
| 4×4 | 51.24 | 55.86 | top 26.4% | 680 / 3,180 | |
| Square-1 | 20.20 | 39.17 | top 28.5% | 251 / 973 |
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
- 5 Jul 2025First competition: Zambia Cubing Open 2025. A 10.62 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Wisconsin on Ice 2026 · 24 Jan 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Zambia Cubing Open 2025 · 5 Jul 2025 — 1 personal best 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.
- Janu van Jaarsveldt — met in 7 rounds, finished ahead 7 times
- Hongyu Zhou — met in 7 rounds, finished ahead 7 times
- Walker Lim — met in 7 rounds, finished ahead 7 times
Next targets
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 9,039 people have one; it is 0.08 away.
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,606 people have one; it is 0.62 away.
Targets move as he improves.