People · Canada
Austin Gowan
3×3 · top 8.4% of 284,439 all-time · competing since August 2024 · 2024GOWA01
Austin Gowan has been competing for 2 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.30, set at Ottawa 3x3x3 Winter C 2026, puts him in the top 8.4% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 769th in Canada. Until May 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 7 competitions since August 2024, he has put 120 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 9% around a typical one, steadier than 98% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 12.27 in August 2024 to 10.30, a 16% improvement. Austin 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 | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 10.30 | 12.50 | top 8.4% | 769 / 10,392 | |
| 2×2 | 3.77 | 5.86 | top 23.6% | 1,577 / 7,173 | |
| Pyraminx | 8.93 | 12.29 | top 44.2% | 2,065 / 4,858 | |
| Skewb | 9.47 | 15.85 | top 51.6% | 1,410 / 2,907 | |
| 4×4 | 1:16.48 | 1:24.79 | top 52.9% | 1,456 / 3,118 | |
| Megaminx | 2:15.05 | 2:21.33 | top 53.8% | 616 / 1,375 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 38.98 | 52.54 | top 63.9% | 1,543 / 2,620 |
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
- 9 Aug 2024First competition: Ontario Championship 2024. A 14.03 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Ottawa 3x3x3 Winter C 2026 · 10 Jan 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Open de Gatineau 2025 · 7 Jun 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Ottawa Spring 2025 · 3 May 2025
- Ottawa Mini Winter C 2025 · 11 Jan 2025
- Ottawa 3x3x3 Fall C 2024 · 26 Oct 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Ottawa Favourites 2024 · 28 Sep 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Ontario Championship 2024 · 9 Aug 2024 — 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.
- Peter Osudar — met in 15 rounds, finished ahead 10 times
- Benjamin Abbott — met in 14 rounds, never finished ahead
- Reid Robblee — met in 12 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.30 away.
- A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.77 away.
Targets move as he improves.