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Clay Bowne

2×2 · top 12.4% of 186,767 all-time · competing since March 2022 · 2022BOWN01

Clay Bowne has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.84, set at West Chester Fall 2022, puts him in the top 12.4% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 4,890th in the United States. Across 3 competitions since March 2022, he has put 46 official solves on the record across seven events. His 3×3 best has come down from 22.26 in March 2022 to 17.51, a 21% improvement. Clay has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 12.4% of 186,767 all-time
2.84
signature single · West Chester Fall 2022
46
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
2×22.846.13
top 12.4%4,890 / 40,951
3×317.5118.69
top 32.6%18,073 / 59,724
Skewb7.4218.32
top 36.9%6,299 / 18,907
Pyraminx9.0714.97
top 45.4%13,066 / 28,708
3×3 one-handed42.1557.45
top 68.3%9,760 / 15,683
4×42:16.51
early days — 2 solves16,712 / 19,072
Clock45.22
early days — 2 solves8,573 / 8,927

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

Happy Valley Spring 2022: 22.26East Brunswick Open 2022: 23.88West Chester Fall 2022: 17.5117.5123.8826 Mar 202210 Dec 2022

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.

  • Evan Yao — met in 13 rounds, never finished ahead
  • Dylan Tocco — met in 11 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
  • Eddie Yao — met in 9 rounds, finished ahead 3 times

Next targets

  • A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.84 away.
  • A sub-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 2.51 away.

Targets move as he improves.