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Bowen Deng (邓博文)

Pyraminx · top 2.0% of 129,321 all-time · competing since August 2009 · 2009DENG01

Bowen Deng (邓博文) has been competing for 17 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 2.41, set at BASC 5: Everything But 2x2 2015, puts him in the top 2.0% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 232nd in China. Until January 2011, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 96 competitions since August 2009, he has put 2,076 official solves on the record across 17 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 72% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 18.33 in August 2009 to 8.95, a 51% improvement. Bowen has entered 96 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

Pyraminx
best event — top 2.0% of 129,321 all-time
2.41
signature single · BASC 5: Everything But 2x2 2015
2,076
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 72% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingChina
Pyraminx2.414.11
top 2.0%232 / 10,224
4×430.5439.10
top 3.2%318 / 5,926
3×3 one-handed12.2619.31
top 3.4%294 / 5,922
2×21.933.17
top 4.3%581 / 15,796
3×38.9511.17
top 4.7%1,810 / 28,153
3×3 Fewest Moves26 moves30.00
top 6.2%60 / 1,058
Skewb3.295.34
top 6.5%369 / 5,004
Clock6.046.65
top 7.4%147 / 1,843
3×3 blindfolded45.751:03.37
top 8.5%131 / 1,183
5×51:05.461:11.20
top 8.7%416 / 2,816
Square-111.7715.86
top 9.4%143 / 1,362
Megaminx1:04.761:23.05
top 12.5%341 / 1,678
6×62:14.192:18.45
top 17.4%384 / 1,349
7×73:25.113:46.64
top 18.1%379 / 1,261
3×3 Multi-Blind9 of 9 cubes · 58:03—
top 21.2%57 / 278
4×4 blindfolded9:34.99—
top 55.1%97 / 149
5×5 blindfolded24:16.00—
early days — 2 solves76 / 95

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

Shanghai Weisuo Open 2009: 18.33Shanghai Open 2010: 16.59Tianjin Open 2010: 13.50Beijing Winter 2011: 14.84Qinghai Open 2012: 12.96Beijing Spring 2014: 11.86BASC 5: Everything But 2x2 2015: 10.78Berkeley Winter 2016: 14.24Berkeley Fall 2016: 12.10Armin Open 2017: 11.86Berkeley Winter 2017: 11.70Bay Area Speedcubin' 10 2017: 12.99San Francisco Bay Open 2017: 10.80Bay Area Speedcubin' 24 2020: 11.89Cool Down Berkeley 2024: 11.20Bay Area Speedcubin' 66 - Belmont 2024: 9.64Berkeley December Weekday Tricubealon 2024: 10.19Bay Area Speedcubin' 67 - San Ramon 2025: 10.18SacCubing XIX 2025: 9.64Berkeley Winter 2025: 10.60Bay Area Side Events Day 2025: 11.57Berkeley Spring 2025: 10.81Yuba City Spring 2025: 11.23Santa Rosa Spring 2025: 10.50Davis Spring 2025: 11.53Nevada Championship 2025: 10.38Berkeley Pre-Cal Day Tricubealon 2025: 12.33Rock-Cube-Lin Qualifier 2025: 8.95Berkeley April Weekday Tricubealon 2025: 9.78SacCubing XX 2025: 10.65Belmont Spring 2025: 9.94Nub Open Mission Viejo Spring 2025: 12.08West Coast Cubing Tour: Los Angeles 2025: 11.15West Coast Cubing Tour: Berkeley 2025: 10.38SacMini 2025: 11.73Davis Summer 2025: 10.42Berkeley August Weekday 2025: 12.91Benicia Open 2025: 10.74Berkeley September Weekday 2025: 11.63San Ramon Fall 2025: 9.93SacCubing XXI 2025: 11.53Berkeley Fall 2025: 11.78Cool Down Berkeley 2025: 9.89Berkeley November Weekday 2025: 10.22Yuba City Fall 2025: 11.26Dublin California Open 2025: 10.43Berkeley December Weekday 2025: 13.25SacCubing XXII 2026: 10.49Berkeley January Weekday 2026: 11.04Agoura Winter 2026: 10.68Berkeley February Weekday 2026: 12.14Davis Winter 2026: 11.26Davis Winter Weeknight 2026: 9.40Yuba City Spring 2026: 11.05Berkeley March Weekday 2026: 10.22Berkeley Pre-Cal Day 2026: 12.13Duper Super Davis Spring 2026: 11.00Berkeley Spring 2026: 10.08Berkeley May Weekday 2026: 9.82Belmont Spring 2026: 10.20SacCubing XXIII 2026: 11.62Mountain House Open 2026: 10.79Davis Big Summer 2026: 11.18Bay Area Speedcubin' 69 2026: 12.388.9518.339 Aug 200929 Aug 2026

Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.

The story so far

Competitions

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.

Next targets

  • A sub-2 Pyraminx single — 1,476 people have one; it is 0.41 away.
  • A sub-30 4×4 single — 2,388 people have one; it is 0.54 away.

Targets move as he improves.