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Owen Ball
3×3 · top 42.2% of 284,439 all-time · competing since August 2012 · 2012BALL02
Owen Ball has been competing for 14 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 20.82, set at Weston Fall 2017, puts him in the top 42.2% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 24,155th in the United States. Across 5 competitions since August 2012, he has put 67 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one, an early reading from 5 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 56.30 in August 2012 to 20.82, a 63% improvement. Owen has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% 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 | 20.82 | 23.30 | top 42.2% | 24,155 / 59,724 | |
| Pyraminx | 9.08 | 10.82 | top 45.5% | 13,087 / 28,708 | |
| 2×2 | 5.67 | 8.69 | top 47.3% | 19,140 / 40,951 | |
| Skewb | 14.38 | 16.19 | top 76.2% | 14,484 / 18,907 | |
| 4×4 | 1:59.37 | — | early days — 1 solve | 15,156 / 19,072 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 1:15.49 | 3:25.09 | top 91.1% | 13,955 / 15,683 |
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
- 1 Oct 2017Three personal bests in one day at WPI Fall Cube Fest 2017.
- 2 Apr 2016First sub-30 3×3: 29.33 at Weston Spring 2016.
- 2 Apr 2016Three personal bests in one day at Weston Spring 2016.
- 18 Aug 2012First competition: St. Joseph's College Summer 2012. A 56.30 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Weston Fall 2017 · 11 Nov 2017 — 1 personal best set
- WPI Fall Cube Fest 2017 · 1 Oct 2017 — 3 personal bests set
- Weston Spring 2016 · 2 Apr 2016 — 3 personal bests set
- MIT Fall 2012 · 10 Nov 2012 — 1 personal best set
- St. Joseph's College Summer 2012 · 18 Aug 2012
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.
- Tim Reynolds — met in 15 rounds, never finished ahead
- Alex Cohen — met in 10 rounds, finished ahead once
- Jason Bilgrei — met in 10 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-20 3×3 single — 113,584 people have one; it is 0.82 away.
- A sub-8 Pyraminx single — 46,752 people have one; it is 1.08 away.
Targets move as he improves.