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Owen Franks
3×3 · top 27.9% of 284,439 all-time · competing since May 2022 · 2022FRAN16
Owen Franks has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 16.05, set at Swoop in Again Oxford 2023, puts him in the top 27.9% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 15,289th in the United States. Across 9 competitions since May 2022, he has put 154 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 10% around a typical one, steadier than 96% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 29.62 in May 2022 to 16.05, a 46% improvement. Owen has entered nine competitions, more competitions than 91% 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 | 16.05 | 21.84 | top 27.9% | 15,289 / 59,724 | |
| 2×2 | 4.49 | 7.20 | top 32.8% | 13,043 / 40,951 | |
| Clock | 12.19 | 12.92 | top 35.9% | 2,839 / 8,927 | |
| Skewb | 8.54 | 11.61 | top 45.3% | 7,981 / 18,907 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 34.47 | 45.77 | top 56.3% | 7,822 / 15,683 | |
| Megaminx | 3:19.00 | — | early days — 2 solves | 6,379 / 7,841 | |
| 4×4 | 2:03.66 | — | top 83.3% | 15,597 / 19,072 | |
| 5×5 | 3:35.36 | — | early days — 2 solves | 8,149 / 9,401 | |
| Square-1 | 1:09.97 | — | early days — 2 solves | 6,005 / 6,743 |
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
- 3 Aug 2024Four personal bests in one day at Eastwood Mall Summer 2024.
- 19 Nov 2023First sub-20 3×3: 16.05 at Swoop in Again Oxford 2023.
- 28 May 2022First competition: Country Roads Huntington 2022. A 29.62 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Ohio State Summer Warm Up 2026 · 27 Jun 2026
- Ohio State Weekend of Madness 2026 · 21 Mar 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Ohio State Fall 2025 · 5 Oct 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Ohio State Duos VI 2025 · 17 Apr 2025
- Eastwood Mall Summer 2024 · 3 Aug 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- Swoop in Again Oxford 2023 · 19 Nov 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Ohio State RPAC Cube Clash 2023 · 18 Feb 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Milwaukee First 2022 · 6 Aug 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Country Roads Huntington 2022 · 28 May 2022
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.
- Jack Hamilton — met in 27 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Braden Richards — met in 26 rounds, finished ahead once
- Nolan Wood — met in 25 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 1.05 away.
- A sub-4 2×2 single — 49,452 people have one; it is 0.49 away.
Targets move as he improves.