People · Canada
Karsen Oun
3×3 · top 0.55% of 284,439 all-time · competing since September 2018 · 2018OUNK01
Karsen Oun has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 6.11, set at Cloverdale Open 2022, puts him in the top 0.55% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 47th in Canada. Until June 2011, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 17 competitions since September 2018, he has put 407 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 66% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 25.74 in September 2018 to 6.11, a 76% improvement. Karsen has entered 17 competitions, more competitions than 96% 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 | 6.11 | 7.64 | top 0.55% | 47 / 10,392 | |
| 2×2 | 1.95 | 3.23 | top 4.4% | 277 / 7,173 | |
| 4×4 | 43.17 | 55.23 | top 16.0% | 401 / 3,118 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.97 | 11.85 | top 27.6% | 1,188 / 4,858 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 22.60 | 29.61 | top 27.6% | 600 / 2,620 | |
| 5×5 | 1:37.31 | 1:49.76 | top 33.3% | 417 / 1,499 | |
| Square-1 | 27.49 | 34.91 | top 44.5% | 386 / 952 | |
| Clock | 28.55 | 31.53 | top 82.6% | 831 / 1,029 |
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
- 18 Jun 2022Three personal bests in one day at Cloverdale Open 2022.
- 23 May 2022Three personal bests in one day at BC Cubing Springback B 2022.
- 12 Dec 2021Four personal bests in one day at Richmond Open B 2021.
- 23 Aug 2019First sub-10 3×3: 8.07 at Vancouver Big Cubes Open 2019.
- 23 Mar 2019First sub-15 3×3: 14.97 at Downtown Vancouver Spring 2019.
- 2 Dec 2018First sub-20 3×3: 17.08 at Vancouver Select Winter 2018.
Competitions
- Pitt Meadows Spring Open 2024 · 26 May 2024
- Cubing Around Metrotown 2023 · 2 Sep 2023
- Canadian Championship 2023 · 13 Jul 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Nanaimo Swing into Spring 2023 · 25 Mar 2023
- Richmond Favourites 2023 · 14 Jan 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Cloverdale Open 2022 · 18 Jun 2022 — 3 personal bests set
- BC Cubing Springback B 2022 · 23 May 2022 — 3 personal bests set
- Richmond Open B 2021 · 12 Dec 2021 — 4 personal bests set
- BC Cubing Comeback B 2021 · 26 Sep 2021 — 2 personal bests set
- UBC Open 2020 · 4 Jan 2020 — 1 personal best set
- Chilliwack Cubes Fall 2019 · 5 Oct 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Vancouver Big Cubes Open 2019 · 23 Aug 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Fraser Valley Spring Open 2019 · 4 May 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Downtown Vancouver Spring 2019 · 23 Mar 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- UBC Open 2019 · 5 Jan 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Vancouver Select Winter 2018 · 2 Dec 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Vancouver Select 2018 · 30 Sep 2018
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.
- Kenny Zhong — met in 78 rounds, finished ahead 20 times
- Kevin Matthews — met in 58 rounds, finished ahead 31 times
- Luke Jankowiak — met in 57 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 0.11 away.
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.95 away.
Targets move as he improves.