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Owen McMurtrie

3×3 · top 19.2% of 284,439 all-time · competing since January 2020 · 2020MCMU01

Owen McMurtrie has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 13.49, set at Berkeley Summer 2023, puts him in the top 19.2% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 10,302nd in the United States. Across 8 competitions since January 2020, he has put 127 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 63% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 25.25 in January 2020 to 13.49, a 47% improvement. Owen has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 19.2% of 284,439 all-time
13.49
signature single · Berkeley Summer 2023
127
official solves on the record
14%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 63% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×313.4915.79
top 19.2%10,302 / 59,724
2×24.425.67
top 31.9%12,685 / 40,951
Pyraminx10.3414.78
top 55.7%16,272 / 28,708
Skewb10.3612.25
top 57.2%10,417 / 18,907
3×3 one-handed40.83
early days — 3 solves9,462 / 15,683

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

Bay Area Speedcubin' 23 2020: 25.25Bay Area Speedcubin' 24 2020: 21.67Berkeley Winter A 2023: 15.23Berkeley Spring 2023: 14.27Bay Area Speedcubin' 48 - 6.25 Berkeley 2023: 14.21Bay Area Speedcubin' 50 - Berkeley 2023: 14.11Berkeley Summer 2023: 13.49Bay Area Speedcubin' 53 - Berkeley 2023: 14.8513.4925.2512 Jan 202014 Oct 2023

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-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 1.49 away.
  • A sub-4 2×2 single — 49,452 people have one; it is 0.42 away.

Targets move as he improves.