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Luke Cowan

2×2 · top 4.4% of 186,767 all-time · competing since December 2022 · 2022COWA02

Luke Cowan has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.95, set at Cube a Ton in Arlington 2024, puts him in the top 4.4% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,764th in the United States. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 56 competitions since December 2022, he has put 1,854 official solves on the record across 16 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 83% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 27.65 in December 2022 to 9.96, a 64% improvement. Luke has entered 56 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 4.4% of 186,767 all-time
1.95
signature single · Cube a Ton in Arlington 2024
1,854
official solves on the record
15%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 83% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
2×21.953.62
top 4.4%1,764 / 40,951
3×39.9612.18
top 7.3%4,034 / 59,724
3×3 Fewest Moves28 moves34.67
top 9.9%229 / 2,040
Clock7.137.91
top 11.4%877 / 8,927
3×3 one-handed16.6422.85
top 11.7%1,528 / 15,683
Skewb4.128.34
top 11.7%1,819 / 18,907
Pyraminx4.797.73
top 11.9%3,100 / 28,708
4×443.4648.14
top 16.4%2,480 / 19,072
5×51:18.711:26.16
top 18.1%1,394 / 9,401
Megaminx1:24.181:35.57
top 24.4%1,685 / 7,841
3×3 blindfolded1:50.102:33.27
top 30.0%622 / 2,092
3×3 Multi-Blind4 of 4 cubes · 30:20—
top 42.9%327 / 731
6×63:04.593:19.84
top 43.3%1,606 / 4,196
Square-127.5835.15
top 44.7%2,904 / 6,743
7×75:14.365:31.79
top 55.3%1,632 / 3,184
4×4 blindfolded19:04.00—
early days — 1 solve375 / 440

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

Cube With Intention in Denton 2022: 27.65DFW Cubing Spring 2023: 16.51MYHM Puzzling in Plano 2023: 14.53DFW Cubing Summer 2023: 14.33Pretzel Mania Dallas 2023: 14.10Cube With Attention in Denton 2023: 13.80Lawton OKtoberfest Fall 2023: 15.04DFW Cubing Fall 2023: 15.50DFW Megacomp 2024: 11.53DFW Minicomp A 2024: 12.30DFW Eclipse Cubing 2024: 14.42DFW Cubing Spring 2024: 11.38DFW Cubing Summer 2024: 12.91Oklahoma Championship 2024: 11.99CubingUSA Southern Championship 2024: 12.41DFW Back to School 2024: 10.18Cube More in Ardmore 2024: 12.57DFW Cubing Fall 2024: 11.38Texas Championship 2024: 10.90Cube a Ton in Arlington 2024: 11.08DFW Cubing Winter 2025: 11.86The Heart of Texas 2025: 12.31Cube Against Cancer DFW 2025: 11.57DFW Cubing Spring 2025: 11.14DFW Qualifier 2025: 11.24Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025: 9.96DFW Cubing Fall 2025: 11.24DFW Cubing Winter 2026: 10.27DFW Favorites 2026: 10.22The Heart of Texas Spring 2026: 11.07DFW Weeknights 2 2026: 11.63Cube Against Cancer DFW 2026: 10.50Oklahoma Championship 2026: 10.23GAN Southern Championship 2026: 10.56Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2026: 10.42DFW Cubing Summer 2026: 11.619.9627.6517 Dec 202229 Aug 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-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.95 away.
  • A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.96 away.

Targets move as he improves.