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James Owen

2×2 · top 32.4% of 186,767 all-time · competing since April 2019 · 2019OWEN01

James Owen has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 4.46, set at CubingUSA Western Championship 2021, puts him in the top 32.4% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 12,886th in the United States. Across 3 competitions since April 2019, he has put 37 official solves on the record across three events. His 3×3 best has come down from 25.57 in April 2019 to 18.69, a 27% improvement. James has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 32.4% of 186,767 all-time
4.46
signature single · CubingUSA Western Championship 2021
37
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
2×24.465.49
top 32.4%12,886 / 40,951
3×318.6922.86
top 36.2%20,319 / 59,724
Skewb12.58
early days — 3 solves12,942 / 18,907

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

Utah's April Surprise 2019: 25.57Big and Skewb Utah 2019: 18.91CubingUSA Western Championship 2021: 18.6918.6925.5713 Apr 201926 Nov 2021

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-4 2×2 single — 49,452 people have one; it is 0.46 away.
  • A sub-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 3.69 away.

Targets move as he improves.