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Owen B. Hakala

3×3 · top 20.1% of 284,439 all-time · competing since February 2023 · 2023HAKA01

Owen B. Hakala has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 13.76, set at Michigan Mini 24 2024, puts him in the top 20.1% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 10,824th in the United States. Across 7 competitions since February 2023, he has put 65 official solves on the record across three events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 87% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. That figure sets aside his 4 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 19.40 in February 2023 to 13.76, a 29% improvement. Owen has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 20.1% of 284,439 all-time
13.76
signature single · Michigan Mini 24 2024
65
official solves on the record
15%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 87% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×313.7617.54
top 20.1%10,824 / 59,724
Pyraminx7.5013.50
top 32.0%8,962 / 28,708
4×41:11.951:32.14
top 48.8%8,153 / 19,072

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

Washtenaw Winter 2023: 19.40Washtenaw Spring B 2023: 19.71Michigan Speedcubing Spring 2023: 19.46Michigan Mini 4 2023: 19.16Washtenaw Fast 'n Late Fall 2023: 16.32Trojan Spring 2024: 15.36Michigan Mini 24 2024: 13.7613.7619.7111 Feb 202321 Oct 2024

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.

  • Ansel de Jong — met in 13 rounds, never finished ahead
  • Doug Li — met in 12 rounds, finished ahead 10 times
  • Tyler Rose — met in 12 rounds, never finished ahead

Next targets

  • A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 1.76 away.
  • A sub-6 Pyraminx single — 25,870 people have one; it is 1.50 away.

Targets move as he improves.