People · United States
Owen Fotherby
2×2 · top 2.4% of 186,767 all-time · competing since April 2023 · 2023FOTH01
Owen Fotherby has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.55, set at Arizona Championship 2026, puts him in the top 2.4% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 934th in the United States. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 10 competitions since April 2023, he has put 340 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 62% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 15.12 in April 2023 to 8.49, a 44% improvement. Owen has entered ten competitions, more competitions than 92% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 1.55 | 4.46 | top 2.4% | 934 / 40,951 | |
| 3×3 | 8.49 | 9.96 | top 3.7% | 2,099 / 59,724 | |
| Clock | 5.14 | 6.71 | top 4.8% | 386 / 8,927 | |
| Skewb | 3.17 | 6.64 | top 5.9% | 903 / 18,907 | |
| Square-1 | 13.83 | 17.17 | top 13.8% | 940 / 6,743 | |
| 4×4 | 43.46 | 49.35 | top 16.4% | 2,480 / 19,072 | |
| 5×5 | 1:26.07 | 1:40.92 | top 24.2% | 1,874 / 9,401 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 22.29 | 25.31 | top 26.8% | 3,461 / 15,683 | |
| Megaminx | 1:31.94 | 1:35.29 | top 29.5% | 2,064 / 7,841 | |
| Pyraminx | 7.75 | 8.71 | top 34.1% | 9,635 / 28,708 | |
| 6×6 | 3:32.24 | 3:40.34 | top 55.6% | 2,102 / 4,196 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 3:18.33 | — | early days — 1 solve | 1,228 / 2,092 |
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
- 17 Jan 2026Five personal bests in one day at Arizona Championship 2026.
- 10 May 2025Five personal bests in one day at Arizona Championship 2025.
- 27 Apr 2025First sub-10 3×3: 8.49 at Cubing at the Peak AZ 2025.
- 27 Apr 2025Five personal bests in one day at Cubing at the Peak AZ 2025.
- 18 May 2024Five personal bests in one day at Arizona Championship 2024.
- 13 May 2023First sub-15 3×3: 14.54 at Never Stop Turning AZ 2023.
Competitions
- Arizona Championship 2026 · 17 Jan 2026 — 5 personal bests set
- Bring the Heat AZ 2025 · 19 Jul 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Square-1 Showdown AZ 2025 · 18 Jul 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Arizona Championship 2025 · 10 May 2025 — 5 personal bests set
- Cubing at the Peak AZ 2025 · 27 Apr 2025 — 5 personal bests set
- Bring the Heat AZ 2024 · 15 Jun 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Arizona Championship 2024 · 18 May 2024 — 5 personal bests set
- Arizona Speedcubing Summer 2023 · 15 Jul 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Never Stop Turning AZ 2023 · 13 May 2023 — 1 personal best set
- You Only Need a 3x3 AZ 2023 · 15 Apr 2023 — 3 personal bests set
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.
- Dan Tran — met in 72 rounds, finished ahead once
- Mia Sponseller — met in 69 rounds, finished ahead 19 times
- Jeremy Bulambot — met in 66 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
Next targets
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.55 away.
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.49 away.
Targets move as he improves.