People · Australia
Bowie Polsen
2×2 · top 8.1% of 186,767 all-time · competing since May 2023 · 2023POLS02
Bowie Polsen has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.42, set at Melbourne Summer 2024, puts him in the top 8.1% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 608th in Australia. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 3 competitions since May 2023, he has put 93 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 19% around a typical one, an early reading from 5 counted rounds. His 2×2 best has come down from 5.88 in May 2023 to 2.42, a 59% improvement. Bowie has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% 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 | 2.42 | 3.63 | top 8.1% | 608 / 8,567 | |
| 3×3 | 10.45 | 16.82 | top 8.8% | 787 / 11,709 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.91 | 7.63 | top 19.3% | 960 / 5,993 | |
| Skewb | 6.27 | 10.05 | top 27.9% | 759 / 3,534 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 28.63 | 31.72 | top 43.5% | 1,014 / 2,659 |
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, 2×2. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 19 Jan 2024Four personal bests in one day at Melbourne Summer 2024.
- 1 Jul 2023First sub-20 3×3: 11.80 at Victorian Open 2023.
- 1 Jul 2023First sub-15 3×3: 11.80 at Victorian Open 2023.
- 1 Jul 2023Five personal bests in one day at Victorian Open 2023.
- 6 May 2023First competition: Chilling in Canberra 2023. A 20.68 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Melbourne Summer 2024 · 19 Jan 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- Victorian Open 2023 · 1 Jul 2023 — 5 personal bests set
- Chilling in Canberra 2023 · 6 May 2023
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.
- Myles Jarman — met in 19 rounds, finished ahead once
- Alex Butera — met in 19 rounds, finished ahead once
- Ramis Ahmer Siddiqui — met in 18 rounds, finished ahead 16 times
Next targets
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.42 away.
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.45 away.
Targets move as he improves.