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Owen Emory Stark

2×2 · top 2.9% of 189,179 all-time · competing since July 2023 · 2023STAR08

Owen Emory Stark has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.67, set at Spring Bozeman 2025, puts him in the top 2.9% of the 189,179 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,165th in the United States. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 16 competitions since July 2023, he has put 563 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 79% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 29.52 in July 2023 to 10.99, a 63% improvement. Owen has entered 16 competitions, more competitions than 96% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 2.9% of 189,179 all-time
1.67
signature single · Spring Bozeman 2025
563
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 79% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
2×21.674.00
top 2.9%1,165 / 41,674
Pyraminx4.367.84
top 9.5%2,499 / 29,168
3×310.9912.12
top 10.5%5,745 / 60,666
3×3 one-handed17.4626.05
top 13.8%1,808 / 15,900
Skewb5.699.33
top 23.4%3,807 / 19,164
4×455.931:06.28
top 32.0%5,132 / 19,354
Clock11.6014.93
top 33.0%2,662 / 9,172
5×51:48.162:06.09
top 41.4%3,402 / 9,537
Megaminx2:05.612:37.99
top 49.1%3,724 / 8,026
6×64:13.344:30.63
top 69.9%2,778 / 4,262
7×76:22.32—
early days — 1 solve2,292 / 3,236
Square-146.671:35.19
top 72.9%4,859 / 6,846

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

Montana Madness 2023: 29.52Billings Speedcubing 2023: 26.88Bozeman Cubing 2023: 17.55Solar Eclipse in Sycamore 2024: 18.25Helena 2024: 19.91Bozeman Cubing 2024: 19.00Grizzly Awakening 2024: 16.45Vegas Cubing Cup Summer 2024: 19.12Snake River Speedsolving 2024: 19.37Fall Bozeman 2024: 12.48Rexburg Rumble 2025: 16.11Spring Bozeman 2025: 14.21Cliffside Cubing Billings 2025: 11.12Utah Championship 2025: 11.79Big Sky's Huckleberry Hurrah 2026: 12.64Cliffside Cubing Billings 2026: 10.9910.9929.528 Jul 202319 Sep 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 — 1,050 people have one; it is 0.67 away.
  • A sub-4 Pyraminx single — 10,050 people have one; it is 0.36 away.

Targets move as he improves.