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Melvyn Owusu-Frimpong
3×3 · top 21.4% of 284,439 all-time · competing since August 2022 · 2022OWUS01
Melvyn Owusu-Frimpong has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 14.13, set at Jurupa Valley Cubing Fall 2023, puts him in the top 21.4% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 11,559th in the United States. Across 6 competitions since August 2022, he has put 111 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 10% around a typical one, steadier than 97% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. That figure sets aside his 3 DNFs. Melvyn 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 | 14.13 | 15.57 | top 21.4% | 11,559 / 59,724 | |
| 2×2 | 4.86 | 7.02 | top 37.5% | 15,007 / 40,951 | |
| 4×4 | 1:04.78 | 1:08.83 | top 41.5% | 6,805 / 19,072 | |
| Square-1 | 28.93 | 36.72 | top 47.4% | 3,085 / 6,743 | |
| 5×5 | 2:15.41 | 3:05.39 | top 58.4% | 4,986 / 9,401 | |
| Skewb | 11.27 | 22.43 | top 62.3% | 11,505 / 18,907 | |
| Pyraminx | 13.39 | 17.01 | top 75.0% | 22,206 / 28,708 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 56.97 | 1:04.61 | top 82.1% | 12,235 / 15,683 | |
| Megaminx | 4:15.68 | — | early days — 2 solves | 7,416 / 7,841 | |
| 6×6 | 7:21.78 | — | early days — 1 solve | 4,029 / 4,196 |
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
- 15 Oct 2023First sub-15 3×3: 14.13 at Jurupa Valley Cubing Fall 2023.
- 28 Aug 2022First competition: Irvine Summer 2022. A 17.43 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- UCLA Summer 2025 · 20 Jul 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Jurupa Valley Cubing Fall 2023 · 15 Oct 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Irvine Fall 2023 · 24 Sep 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Poway Summer Cubing 2023 · 18 Jun 2023
- Pride in Long Beach 2023 · 11 Jun 2023
- Irvine Summer 2022 · 28 Aug 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.
- Kyeongmin Choi (최경민) — met in 29 rounds, never finished ahead
- Shane Grogan — met in 24 rounds, never finished ahead
- Alex Lehman — met in 24 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 2.13 away.
- A sub-4 2×2 single — 49,452 people have one; it is 0.86 away.
Targets move as he improves.