People · Canada
Owen Berg
Skewb · top 6.1% of 73,281 all-time · competing since March 2018 · 2018BERG03
Owen Berg has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the Skewb: a personal-best single of 3.21, set at Oakville Limited Fall 2018, puts him in the top 6.1% of the 73,281 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 111th in Canada. Until February 2014, no official Skewb solve in the world had been that fast. Across 11 competitions since March 2018, he has put 208 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 58% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 2×2 best has come down from 4.30 in April 2018 to 2.50, a 42% improvement. Owen has entered eleven competitions, more competitions than 93% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Skewb | 3.21 | 7.49 | top 6.1% | 111 / 2,907 | |
| 2×2 | 2.50 | 4.05 | top 8.9% | 574 / 7,173 | |
| 3×3 | 12.76 | 16.27 | top 16.6% | 1,561 / 10,392 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.35 | 9.28 | top 22.6% | 956 / 4,858 | |
| 4×4 | 1:06.03 | 1:13.82 | top 42.9% | 1,159 / 3,118 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 38.66 | 55.70 | top 63.4% | 1,523 / 2,620 | |
| Square-1 | 42.36 | 50.91 | top 68.2% | 630 / 952 | |
| Megaminx | 3:03.26 | — | early days — 1 solve | 935 / 1,375 | |
| 5×5 | 3:47.04 | — | early days — 2 solves | 1,277 / 1,499 |
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, 2×2. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 1 Dec 2018Three personal bests in one day at Oakville Autumn Limited 2018.
- 29 Sep 2018First sub-15 3×3: 14.55 at Oakville Limited Fall 2018.
- 29 Sep 2018Three personal bests in one day at Oakville Limited Fall 2018.
- 16 Jun 2018First sub-20 3×3: 17.18 at Newmarket Open 2018.
- 28 Apr 2018Three personal bests in one day at Oakville Limited Spring 2018.
- 24 Mar 2018First competition: Pickering Spring 2018. A 20.17 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Newmarket Open 2019 · 22 Jun 2019
- Return to Toronto 2019 · 2 Feb 2019
- Ajax Winter 2019 · 12 Jan 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Oakville Autumn Limited 2018 · 1 Dec 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- Oakville Limited Fall 2018 · 29 Sep 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- No 3x3x3 Mississauga 2018 · 15 Sep 2018
- Newmarket Open 2018 · 16 Jun 2018 — 1 personal best set
- No 3x3x3 Waterloo 2018 · 2 Jun 2018
- Oakville Limited Spring 2018 · 28 Apr 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- Niagara Select 2018 · 7 Apr 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Pickering Spring 2018 · 24 Mar 2018
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.
- Brady Metherall — met in 44 rounds, finished ahead 9 times
- Nicholas Patterson — met in 41 rounds, never finished ahead
- Joaquin Abarca — met in 41 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-3 Skewb single — 3,646 people have one; it is 0.21 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.50 away.
Targets move as he improves.