People · United States
Owen Dove
3×3 · top 7.5% of 288,433 all-time · competing since July 2017 · 2017DOVE01
Owen Dove has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.99, set at GA Cuber Jackets Fall 2026, puts him in the top 7.5% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 4,159th in the United States. Until May 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 15 competitions since July 2017, he has put 338 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 80% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 26.45 in July 2017 to 9.99, a 62% improvement. Owen has entered 15 competitions, more competitions than 95% 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 | 9.99 | 13.34 | top 7.5% | 4,159 / 60,666 | |
| Skewb | 4.77 | 8.65 | top 16.5% | 2,628 / 19,164 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.97 | 9.95 | top 19.8% | 5,379 / 29,168 | |
| 2×2 | 3.83 | 4.52 | top 24.4% | 9,696 / 41,674 | |
| 4×4 | 58.71 | 1:07.84 | top 35.2% | 5,733 / 19,354 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 29.13 | 34.46 | top 44.7% | 6,123 / 15,900 | |
| Square-1 | 31.89 | 44.06 | top 53.1% | 3,535 / 6,846 | |
| Megaminx | 2:25.38 | — | top 59.2% | 4,546 / 8,026 | |
| 5×5 | 3:15.39 | — | top 82.8% | 7,703 / 9,537 | |
| 6×6 | 7:29.30 | — | early days — 2 solves | 4,109 / 4,262 |
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
- 4 Oct 2026First sub-10 3×3: 9.99 at GA Cuber Jackets Fall 2026.
- 15 Apr 2023Four personal bests in one day at CubingUSA Southeast Championship 2023.
- 19 Nov 2022Four personal bests in one day at GA Cubers Turkey Gobblers 2022.
- 24 Sep 2022Three personal bests in one day at Sharon Forks Showdown 2022.
- 12 May 2018First sub-15 3×3: 14.94 at Atlanta Subdivisions 2018.
- 12 May 2018Four personal bests in one day at Atlanta Subdivisions 2018.
Competitions
- GA Cuber Jackets Fall 2026 · 4 Oct 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Charlotte Winter 2025 · 25 Jan 2025 — 1 personal best set
- CubingUSA Southeast Championship 2023 · 15 Apr 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- Niner Nation Open 2023 · 15 Jan 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Rocky Top 2022 · 3 Dec 2022 — 1 personal best set
- GA Cubers Turkey Gobblers 2022 · 19 Nov 2022 — 4 personal bests set
- T-Town Showdown 2022 · 22 Oct 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Sharon Forks Showdown 2022 · 24 Sep 2022 — 3 personal bests set
- Atlanta Subdivisions 2018 · 12 May 2018 — 4 personal bests set
- Classic City Closer 2018 · 25 Mar 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Georgia Cubers and Friends 2018 · 24 Feb 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Race the Clock 2017 · 31 Dec 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- Hendersonville Fall 2017 · 3 Sep 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- Classic City Summer 2017 · 5 Aug 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- No Stress Solving 2017 · 2 Jul 2017
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.
- Katie Hull — met in 73 rounds, never finished ahead
- Jared Stinson — met in 63 rounds, finished ahead once
- Daniel Mullen — met in 63 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 1.99 away.
- A sub-4 Skewb single — 8,121 people have one; it is 0.77 away.
Targets move as he improves.