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Owen Chen

2×2 · top 0.85% of 186,767 all-time · competing since July 2016 · 2016CHEN79

Owen Chen has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.13, set at GA Cubers Turkey Gobblers 2022, puts him in the top 0.85% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 358th in the United States. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 34 competitions since July 2016, he has put 969 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 82% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 29.09 in July 2016 to 8.32, a 71% improvement. Owen has entered 34 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 0.85% of 186,767 all-time
1.13
signature single · GA Cubers Turkey Gobblers 2022
969
official solves on the record
15%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 82% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
2×21.132.91
top 0.85%358 / 40,951
Pyraminx2.253.87
top 1.6%422 / 28,708
Skewb2.315.20
top 2.3%335 / 18,907
3×38.3210.44
top 3.4%1,910 / 59,724
4×444.8650.16
top 18.1%2,761 / 19,072
3×3 one-handed23.2125.95
top 29.3%3,797 / 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

Houston Cube Blast 2016: 29.09Marietta Mystery 2016: 20.05Florida Cubing Spring Qualifier 2017: 13.61Windsor Classic 2017: 14.93Cubing Knights 2017: 13.74Florida Feast 2017: 14.43Xi'an New Year 2018: 14.39STEM Educ8 2018: 11.12Lion Pride 2018: 10.93Quizzical Quabbin Qualifier 2018: 9.91GA Cubers Summer Blast 2018: 12.36Lowcountry Cubing 2018: 10.46Battle of Virginia Beach Winter 2019: 11.45Lion Pride 2019: 10.40Florida 2019: 11.91Gator Cubing Spring Open 2019: 11.57CubingUSA Southern Championship 2019: 11.36Jacksonville 2019: 9.74Florida Fall Fest 2019: 10.09ERAU Speedcubing Fall 2019: 10.13Florida Winter Break 2019: 12.19Cubing with Manatees 2020: 10.99Florida Spring A 2022: 11.11GA Cubers Turkey Gobblers 2022: 9.75Pegasus 2023: 10.69Evanston Fall Mini B 2023: 9.46FSUbers 5.0 2024: 8.32Beach Bash Jacksonville 2024: 11.11FSUbers 7.0 2024: 9.48St. Augustine 2024: 10.73FSUbers 8.0 2025: 9.05Zephyr Cube Bash 2025: 8.95FSUbers 10.0 2025: 9.68FSUbers 11.0 2026: 9.418.3229.0916 Jul 20167 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-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.13 away.
  • A sub-2 Pyraminx single — 1,476 people have one; it is 0.25 away.

Targets move as he improves.