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Isaac Bowers

3×3 · top 8.2% of 284,439 all-time · competing since November 2023 · 2023BOWE10

Isaac Bowers has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.24, set at FSUbers 11.0 2026, puts him in the top 8.2% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 4,498th in the United States. Until May 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 5 competitions since November 2023, he has put 131 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one, an early reading from 7 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 32.22 in November 2023 to 10.24, a 68% improvement. Isaac has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 8.2% of 284,439 all-time
10.24
signature single · FSUbers 11.0 2026
131
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×310.2413.61
top 8.2%4,498 / 59,724
Pyraminx4.276.82
top 9.0%2,335 / 28,708
2×24.234.60
top 29.5%11,692 / 40,951
Skewb6.668.62
top 31.0%5,117 / 18,907
Clock14.5616.52
top 46.1%3,722 / 8,927
4×41:09.571:20.82
top 46.5%7,733 / 19,072
3×3 one-handed30.6442.13
top 48.1%6,564 / 15,683
Square-144.1649.73
top 70.2%4,614 / 6,743
5×53:30.00
early days — 2 solves8,028 / 9,401
Megaminx4:00.97
early days — 2 solves7,262 / 7,841
6×66:45.12
early days — 1 solve3,936 / 4,196

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

Sowega Solving 2023: 32.22FSUbers 6.0 2024: 15.30CubingUSA Southeast Championship 2024: 18.54FSUbers 7.0 2024: 16.48FSUbers 11.0 2026: 10.2410.2432.2225 Nov 20237 Mar 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-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.24 away.
  • A sub-4 Pyraminx single — 9,892 people have one; it is 0.27 away.

Targets move as he improves.