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Owen Bettin

3×3 · top 2.2% of 284,439 all-time · competing since February 2023 · 2023BETT01

Owen Bettin has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.66, set at Bowling Green Fall 2025, puts him in the top 2.2% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,312th in the United States. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 25 competitions since February 2023, he has put 792 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 92% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 16.96 in February 2023 to 7.66, a 55% improvement. Owen has entered 25 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 2.2% of 284,439 all-time
7.66
signature single · Bowling Green Fall 2025
792
official solves on the record
11%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 92% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×37.669.00
top 2.2%1,312 / 59,724
2×21.703.23
top 3.1%1,192 / 40,951
3×3 one-handed14.8118.22
top 7.7%1,035 / 15,683
Pyraminx5.679.15
top 17.6%4,662 / 28,708
Skewb5.628.92
top 22.9%3,654 / 18,907
4×456.711:06.04
top 32.7%5,222 / 19,072
Megaminx1:37.121:44.41
top 32.8%2,319 / 7,841
Clock12.0713.24
top 35.3%2,797 / 8,927
3×3 blindfolded3:20.28—
early days — 3 solves1,239 / 2,092
6×64:23.94—
early days — 1 solve2,886 / 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

Ohio State RPAC Cube Clash 2023: 16.96NA Stadium Series - Cleveland 2023: 13.74The Blantucky Derby 2023: 16.03Gem City Donuts and Dragons 2023: 11.29Bulldog Spring 2023: 12.83Flag City Summer 2023: 11.91CubingUSA Great Lakes Championship 2023: 10.83Bulldog Winter 2024: 9.14Ohio State RPAC Cube Clash 2024: 9.26Trojan Spring 2024: 9.80Gem City Donut DNF 2024: 8.87Michigan Championship 2024: 8.17Eastwood Mall Summer 2024: 8.01Ohio State Nearly New Years 2024: 8.65Imagination Station A 2025: 8.13Ohio State Winter 2025: 8.43Washtenaw Winter 2025: 8.95Bowling Green 2025: 8.60Preble Spring 2025: 9.21Put-in-Bay 2025: 8.26Plymouth Puzzle-Off 2025: 8.35Ohio State Summer 2025: 8.53Bowling Green Fall 2025: 7.66Imagination Station A 2026: 8.07Bowling Green Spring 2026: 8.757.6616.9618 Feb 202328 Mar 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-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.66 away.
  • A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.70 away.

Targets move as he improves.