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Owen Alexander Bashforth

2×2 · top 4.4% of 189,179 all-time · competing since October 2022 · 2022BASH06

Owen Alexander Bashforth has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.94, set at Manchester Favourites II 2026, puts him in the top 4.4% of the 189,179 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 317th in the United Kingdom. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 19 competitions since October 2022, he has put 509 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 59% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 16.55 in October 2022 to 11.12, a 33% improvement. Owen has entered 19 competitions, more competitions than 96% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 4.4% of 189,179 all-time
1.94
signature single · Manchester Favourites II 2026
509
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 59% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited Kingdom
2×21.943.56
top 4.4%317 / 4,946
Pyraminx4.197.49
top 8.7%340 / 3,704
3×311.1212.88
top 10.9%788 / 6,785
Skewb5.568.60
top 22.5%523 / 2,439
4×450.7659.51
top 25.8%585 / 2,112
Megaminx1:41.622:10.67
top 35.7%409 / 998
3×3 one-handed30.3946.64
top 47.6%846 / 1,861
Clock18.8925.03
top 61.5%806 / 1,255
Square-141.5951.40
top 67.3%554 / 789
5×52:41.80—
early days — 2 solves904 / 1,167

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

Kewbz UK Championship 2022: 16.55Leicestershire Autumn 2024: 12.10Rubik's UK Championship 2024: 13.16Manchester Spring 2025: 11.44Manchester June 2025: 12.51Rubik's UK Championship 2025: 11.30Manchester Favourites I 2025: 11.12Manchester October 2025: 12.13Manchester Favourites II 2026: 11.72Crewe Winter 2026: 11.67Manchester Cubing League - First 2026: 11.84Manchester Cubing League - Second 2026: 12.20Crewe May 2026: 12.61Manchester Cubing League - Third 2026: 11.20Manchester Cubing League - Final 2026: 11.87Kewbz UK Championship 2026: 12.14Manchester September 2026: 11.5211.1216.5528 Oct 202219 Sep 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 — 1,050 people have one; it is 0.94 away.
  • A sub-4 Pyraminx single — 10,050 people have one; it is 0.19 away.

Targets move as he improves.