People · United States
JD Bowman
3×3 · top 1.8% of 288,433 all-time · competing since November 2022 · 2022BOWM02
JD Bowman has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.35, set at Belmont Spring 2026, puts him in the top 1.8% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,098th in the United States. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 6 competitions since November 2022, he has put 161 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one; 90% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 10.12 in November 2022 to 7.35, a 27% improvement. JD has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 7.35 | 10.62 | top 1.8% | 1,098 / 60,666 | |
| 2×2 | 1.44 | 3.41 | top 1.9% | 771 / 41,674 | |
| Skewb | 2.74 | 4.22 | top 3.8% | 610 / 19,164 | |
| Square-1 | 13.83 | 18.56 | top 13.8% | 956 / 6,846 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 18.10 | 22.25 | top 15.4% | 2,018 / 15,900 | |
| 5×5 | 1:17.36 | 1:33.52 | top 17.2% | 1,346 / 9,537 | |
| 4×4 | 53.63 | 1:00.22 | top 29.2% | 4,611 / 19,354 | |
| 6×6 | 3:12.41 | 3:15.06 | early days — 3 solves | 1,783 / 4,262 | |
| Megaminx | 2:03.17 | 2:11.70 | top 47.7% | 3,606 / 8,026 | |
| 7×7 | 5:03.47 | 5:06.53 | early days — 3 solves | 1,534 / 3,236 |
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, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 14 Oct 2023First sub-10 3×3: 9.46 at Bay Area Speedcubin' 53 - Berkeley 2023.
- 5 Nov 2022First competition: Bay Area Speedcubin' 39 2022. A 12.87 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Belmont Spring 2026 · 2 May 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 53 - Berkeley 2023 · 14 Oct 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Berkeley Summer 2023 · 26 Aug 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 44 2023 · 22 Apr 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Berkeley Winter A 2023 · 21 Jan 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Bay Area Speedcubin' 39 2022 · 5 Nov 2022 — 1 personal best set
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.
- Calvin Nielson — met in 27 rounds, finished ahead 9 times
- Stanley Tran — met in 26 rounds, finished ahead 7 times
- Ethan Mendelson — met in 23 rounds, finished ahead 15 times
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,419 people have one; it is 1.35 away.
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,050 people have one; it is 0.44 away.
Targets move as he improves.