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Emerson Owen

2×2 · top 4.0% of 186,767 all-time · competing since March 2023 · 2023OWEN06

Emerson Owen has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.87, set at Orange 2026, puts him in the top 4.0% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 306th in Australia. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 37 competitions since March 2023, he has put 865 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 82% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. That figure sets aside his 14 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 55.95 in March 2023 to 12.16, a 78% improvement. Emerson has entered 37 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 4.0% of 186,767 all-time
1.87
signature single · Orange 2026
865
official solves on the record
15%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 82% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingAustralia
2×21.873.62
top 4.0%306 / 8,567
Pyraminx3.907.10
top 7.2%320 / 5,993
Skewb4.176.31
top 12.1%312 / 3,534
3×3 one-handed17.2028.18
top 13.1%300 / 2,659
3×312.1615.62
top 14.4%1,288 / 11,709
Clock8.559.80
top 17.7%195 / 1,095
4×450.041:04.20
top 24.8%620 / 3,051
Megaminx2:10.212:19.17
top 51.3%626 / 1,277
5×52:11.592:18.90
top 56.3%775 / 1,356
Square-151.131:18.16
top 77.1%724 / 899
6×64:47.375:07.42
top 79.0%508 / 641
7×79:28.8110:07.00
top 95.6%489 / 523

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

North Sydney Cube Day 2023: 55.95Sydney Summer 2023: 33.60Cubing at The Cube 2024: 29.34G'day Maitland 2024: 25.49Going Back to the Gong 2024: 18.72Tramsheds I: Newcomer Saturday 2024: 24.26Kogarah Cube Day Saturday 2024: 21.86Goulburn Open 2024: 17.39Tramsheds II: May Sunday 2024: 18.52Kiama Winter 2024: 18.56Chilling in Canberra Saturday 2024: 15.25Puzzling Parramatta 2024: 14.78Tramsheds III: August Saturday 2024: 15.32Cubing in Wollondilly 2024: 15.28Canberra Spring 2024: 12.20Sydney Spring Saturday 2024: 15.59Maitland Spring 2024: 14.66Cubing at The Cube 2025: 15.63Tramsheds IV: Summer Sunday 2025: 13.38NSW State Championship 2025: 13.68Lake Macquarie Open 2025: 14.98Tramsheds V: Autumn Saturday 2025: 12.16Tramsheds VI: Winter Saturday 2025: 15.51Australian Nationals 2025: 16.10Tramsheds VII: Spring Saturday 2025: 15.86Cubing at The Cube 2026: 13.95NxNjoyable Sydney Gathering 2026: 15.16Orange 2026: 13.91Tramsheds IX: June Saturday 2026: 15.93Tramsheds X: Winter Sunday 2026: 18.1112.1655.955 Mar 202330 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-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.87 away.
  • A sub-3 Pyraminx single — 4,700 people have one; it is 0.90 away.

Targets move as he improves.