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Owen Lyons
3×3 · top 3.3% of 288,433 all-time · competing since December 2022 · 2022LYON02
Owen Lyons has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.29, set at Connecticut Spring 2023, puts him in the top 3.3% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,924th in the United States. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 4 competitions since December 2022, he has put 125 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, an early reading from 9 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 10.11 in December 2022 to 8.29, an 18% improvement. Owen has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% 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 | 8.29 | 10.77 | top 3.3% | 1,924 / 60,666 | |
| 2×2 | 3.53 | 4.32 | top 20.6% | 8,200 / 41,674 | |
| 4×4 | 51.35 | 59.01 | top 26.5% | 4,127 / 19,354 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 22.57 | 25.87 | top 27.6% | 3,610 / 15,900 | |
| Pyraminx | 7.16 | 11.32 | top 29.2% | 8,190 / 29,168 | |
| Skewb | 8.32 | 10.87 | top 43.8% | 7,806 / 19,164 | |
| Megaminx | 2:26.17 | 2:40.49 | top 59.5% | 4,579 / 8,026 | |
| 5×5 | 3:19.81 | — | top 84.1% | 7,875 / 9,537 |
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 May 2023Four personal bests in one day at Connecticut Spring 2023.
- 18 Mar 2023Three personal bests in one day at NJIT Spring 2023.
- 25 Feb 2023First sub-10 3×3: 9.93 at Pretzel Mania 2023.
- 25 Feb 2023Three personal bests in one day at Pretzel Mania 2023.
- 3 Dec 2022First competition: New York Yopen 2022. A 11.94 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Connecticut Spring 2023 · 13 May 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- NJIT Spring 2023 · 18 Mar 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Pretzel Mania 2023 · 25 Feb 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- New York Yopen 2022 · 3 Dec 2022 — 1 personal best 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.
- Ishan Donavalli — met in 21 rounds, finished ahead 15 times
- Ryan Hughes — met in 21 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
- Kyle Meade — met in 21 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 0.29 away.
- A sub-3 2×2 single — 27,049 people have one; it is 0.53 away.
Targets move as he improves.