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Bowen Powers

Pyraminx · top 6.1% of 129,321 all-time · competing since March 2014 · 2014POWE01

Bowen Powers has been competing for 12 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 3.65, set at Fountain City Spring Fling 2024, puts him in the top 6.1% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,560th in the United States. Until February 2008, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 20 competitions since March 2014, he has put 603 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 60% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 30.42 in March 2014 to 11.41, a 62% improvement. Bowen has entered 20 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.

Pyraminx
best event — top 6.1% of 129,321 all-time
3.65
signature single · Fountain City Spring Fling 2024
603
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 60% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
Pyraminx3.655.35
top 6.1%1,560 / 28,708
3×311.4114.58
top 11.8%6,361 / 59,724
2×23.105.02
top 15.4%6,032 / 40,951
3×3 Fewest Moves36 moves40.33
top 33.6%738 / 2,040
4×457.901:09.14
top 34.2%5,485 / 19,072
Skewb7.119.89
top 34.5%5,829 / 18,907
3×3 one-handed26.2335.54
top 37.4%4,974 / 15,683
Square-127.9139.39
top 45.4%2,954 / 6,743
Clock14.7320.87
top 46.9%3,792 / 8,927
5×52:02.762:25.89
top 50.9%4,273 / 9,401
Megaminx2:42.843:17.13
top 67.2%5,162 / 7,841
6×64:13.204:21.27
top 69.7%2,729 / 4,196
7×78:05.69—
early days — 2 solves2,864 / 3,184

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

Holy Toledo Winter 2014: 30.42US Nationals 2014: 20.83Florida Feast 2014: 17.39Florida Spring 2015: 13.36US Nationals 2015: 13.25Music City Speedsolving 2015: 13.58Athens Fall 2015: 11.41Peach State Winter 2016: 12.74Alpharetta Open 2016: 11.80US Nationals 2016: 14.33Athens Fall Late Night 2016: 13.77Windsor Classic 2017: 13.64Classic City Summer 2017: 13.20Cobb Cubes 2017: 13.01Classic City 4 Charity 2017: 12.74Fountain City Spring Fling 2024: 12.6511.4130.428 Mar 20149 Mar 2024

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-3 Pyraminx single — 4,700 people have one; it is 0.65 away.
  • A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 1.41 away.

Targets move as he improves.