People · Canada
Julian Kim Bowman
3×3 · top 6.9% of 288,433 all-time · competing since September 2023 · 2023BOWM04
Julian Kim Bowman has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.79, set at Ottawa 3x3x3 Winter B 2026, puts him in the top 6.9% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 660th in Canada. Until October 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 13 competitions since September 2023, he has put 174 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 79% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. Julian has entered 13 competitions, more competitions than 94% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 9.79 | 11.49 | top 6.9% | 660 / 10,502 | |
| 2×2 | 2.67 | 5.23 | top 10.7% | 707 / 7,245 | |
| 4×4 | 49.52 | 54.11 | top 24.2% | 624 / 3,180 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 21.51 | 29.99 | top 24.7% | 538 / 2,632 | |
| 5×5 | 1:52.40 | 1:57.32 | top 44.4% | 579 / 1,546 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 3:16.07 | 4:10.54 | top 56.9% | 205 / 362 |
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
- 29 Jun 2024First sub-10 3×3: 9.92 at Carleton Place Summer 2024.
- 17 Sep 2023First competition: NCR Favourites 2023. A 10.08 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Ottawa Side Events B 2026 · 18 Oct 2026
- Ottawa Spring 2026 · 12 Apr 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Ottawa 3x3x3 Winter B 2026 · 10 Jan 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Ottawa Side Events A 2025 · 19 Oct 2025
- Ottawa Big Cubes 2025 · 18 Oct 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Ottawa Spring 2025 · 3 May 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Ottawa 3x3x3 Fall B 2024 · 26 Oct 2024
- Ottawa Favourites 2024 · 28 Sep 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Carleton Place Summer 2024 · 29 Jun 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Ottawa Spring 2024 · 4 May 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Nouveaux Venus à Montréal A 2024 · 16 Mar 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Ottawa 3x3x3 Winter B 2024 · 13 Jan 2024
- NCR Favourites 2023 · 17 Sep 2023
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.
- Jonathan Proulx — met in 25 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Ben Bergen — met in 23 rounds, finished ahead 17 times
- YiFei Chen — met in 23 rounds, finished ahead 12 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 1.79 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 9,039 people have one; it is 0.67 away.
Targets move as he improves.