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Mark Gowman

Pyraminx · top 0.13% of 129,321 all-time · competing since August 2022 · 2022GOWM02

Mark Gowman has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 1.17, set at Kids America Coshocton Cube Clash 2026, puts him in the top 0.13% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 47th in the United States. Until June 2018, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 76 competitions since August 2022, he has put 3,170 official solves on the record across 14 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 65% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 24.10 in August 2022 to 5.81, a 76% improvement. Mark has entered 76 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

Pyraminx
best event — top 0.13% of 129,321 all-time
1.17
signature single · Kids America Coshocton Cube Clash 2026
3,170
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 65% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
Pyraminx1.171.82
top 0.13%47 / 28,708
3×35.818.88
top 0.38%254 / 59,724
Clock2.964.84
top 0.69%66 / 8,927
2×21.092.83
top 0.75%307 / 40,951
Skewb2.224.27
top 2.0%289 / 18,907
4×429.6136.38
top 2.6%426 / 19,072
Square-19.2713.14
top 4.9%356 / 6,743
7×72:43.922:53.64
top 6.4%170 / 3,184
5×51:01.551:07.85
top 6.4%517 / 9,401
Megaminx55.351:07.43
top 7.6%526 / 7,841
3×3 one-handed15.5617.61
top 9.3%1,228 / 15,683
6×61:56.612:02.60
top 9.7%345 / 4,196
3×3 Fewest Moves34 moves38.67
top 26.7%586 / 2,040
3×3 blindfolded3:02.50—
early days — 3 solves1,126 / 2,092

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

Pittsburgh Summer A 2022: 24.10Ohio Valley Open 2022: 22.28Lake Erie Cubing Clash 2022: 19.67Pittsburgh Fall 2022: 17.61Ohio State Spring Scarlet 2023: 15.77NA Stadium Series - Cleveland 2023: 16.98Washtenaw Qualifier 2023: 13.57Quick in Quincy 2023: 15.04Winchester Weeknights III 2023: 14.85CubingUSA Nationals 2023: 13.46Railroad City 2023: 12.46Lake Erie Showdown 2023: 12.24CubingUSA Great Lakes Championship 2023: 10.67ALL1- Pittsburgh 2023: 12.03BHT Pyraminx Bash 2024: 9.50Eastwood Cubing 2024: 10.51Ohio State RPAC Cube Clash 2024: 10.84Plum Puzzles 2024: 10.21Country Roads Huntington 2024: 10.15Ohio State Summer 2024: 10.54Salem Cubikon 2024: 11.89Pennsylvania Championship 2024: 11.72Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2024: 11.49Eastwood Mall Summer 2024: 9.25Pretzel Mania Summer 2024: 10.23Dublin Ohio Summer AM 2024: 10.15Y-Perms Near the Y-Bridge Zanesville 2024: 9.30Green Fall 2024: 9.32Fast in Fayette 2024: 10.24Ohio State Fall 2024: 9.55Ohio State Nearly New Years 2024: 8.45Ohio State Winter 2025: 10.56NxNationwide Lewis Center 2025: 10.07Cubes in the Mountains WV 2025: 9.58Preble Spring 2025: 9.30Erie Spring 2025: 6.98Presidential Puzzles in PA 2025: 8.31Axemann 2025: 8.67Many Cubes in Mansfield 2025: 8.21Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025: 9.41Doing Time in Moundsville 2025: 8.66Ohio State Summer 2025: 8.58CubingUSA Mid-Atlantic Championship 2025: 8.00Locked in Clocked in Coshocton 2025: 8.81Axemann Fall 2025: 7.98Fingertricks in Fredonia 2025: 9.21Oberlin Big Cubes 2025: 7.78Ohio Championship 2025: 7.87Ohio State Winter 2026: 8.39New Martinsville Newcomers 2026: 8.58Ohio University 2026: 8.49Cube Against Cancer Pittsburgh 2026: 7.38Return to Green OH 2026: 8.95OberliNxN 2026: 8.76Grand Central Cubing WV 2026: 8.66Northern Tier Twist 2026: 8.86Presidential Puzzles in PA 2026: 7.66Ohio State Summer Warm Up 2026: 8.28Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2026: 7.78Ohio State Summer Mini 2026: 7.44Kids America Coshocton Cube Clash 2026: 8.44Mid-Atlantic Speedcubing Championship 2026: 7.02Tartan Twist PA 2026: 5.815.8124.1013 Aug 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 Pyraminx single — 49 people have one; it is 0.17 away.
  • A sub-5 3×3 single — 344 people have one; it is 0.81 away.

Targets move as he improves.