People · United States
Owen Gilder
3×3 · top 1.7% of 288,433 all-time · competing since April 2022 · 2022GILD01
Owen Gilder has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.27, set at Cube Against Cancer Franklin 2026, puts him in the top 1.7% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,024th in the United States. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 11 competitions since April 2022, he has put 361 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 59% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 23.14 in April 2022 to 7.27, a 69% improvement. Owen has entered eleven competitions, more competitions than 93% 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 | 7.27 | 9.08 | top 1.7% | 1,024 / 60,666 | |
| Megaminx | 49.94 | 51.51 | top 5.1% | 370 / 8,026 | |
| 2×2 | 2.16 | 3.54 | top 5.9% | 2,407 / 41,674 | |
| Pyraminx | 3.91 | 6.87 | top 7.3% | 1,888 / 29,168 | |
| 4×4 | 35.78 | 44.81 | top 7.5% | 1,165 / 19,354 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 17.80 | 21.57 | top 14.6% | 1,929 / 15,900 | |
| Clock | 8.52 | 10.82 | top 17.5% | 1,364 / 9,172 | |
| 5×5 | 1:25.52 | 1:33.47 | top 23.9% | 1,877 / 9,537 | |
| 7×7 | 4:32.81 | 5:00.66 | top 42.1% | 1,219 / 3,236 | |
| Skewb | 11.21 | 15.80 | top 62.0% | 11,606 / 19,164 |
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
- 13 Jun 2026Four personal bests in one day at Cookeville Cube Challenge 2026.
- 30 May 2026Three personal bests in one day at Cube Against Cancer Franklin 2026.
- 25 Apr 2026Five personal bests in one day at CubingUSA Southeast Championship 2026.
- 13 Jun 2025Six personal bests in one day at CubingUSA Southeast Championship 2025.
- 17 May 2025Six personal bests in one day at Cube Against Cancer Roswell 2025.
- 31 Aug 2024First sub-10 3×3: 9.60 at Scenic City Scramble TN 2024.
Competitions
- Cookeville Cube Challenge 2026 · 13 Jun 2026 — 4 personal bests set
- Cube Against Cancer Franklin 2026 · 30 May 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- CubingUSA Southeast Championship 2026 · 25 Apr 2026 — 5 personal bests set
- Vanderbilt Winter 2026 · 14 Feb 2026
- CubingUSA Southeast Championship 2025 · 13 Jun 2025 — 6 personal bests set
- Cube Against Cancer Roswell 2025 · 17 May 2025 — 6 personal bests set
- Scenic City Scramble TN 2024 · 31 Aug 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Alabama Championship 2024 · 11 May 2024 — 6 personal bests set
- Vanderbilt Spring 2024 · 9 Mar 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- TN Speedsolving Winter 2024 · 10 Feb 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- Cobb Library Cubing B 2022 · 23 Apr 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.
- Katie Hull — met in 76 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
- Jared Stinson — met in 62 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Annye Bennett — met in 59 rounds, finished ahead 43 times
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,419 people have one; it is 1.27 away.
- A sub-40 Megaminx single — 567 people have one; it is 9.94 away.
Targets move as he improves.