People · United States
Owen O'Malley
3×3 · top 8.5% of 284,439 all-time · competing since September 2014 · 2014OMAL01
Owen O'Malley has been competing for 12 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.36, set at Shaker Heights 2016, puts him in the top 8.5% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 4,692nd in the United States. Until February 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 6 competitions since September 2014, he has put 143 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 79% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 17.33 in September 2014 to 10.36, a 40% improvement. Owen has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% 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 | 10.36 | 11.20 | top 8.5% | 4,692 / 59,724 | |
| 2×2 | 3.03 | 4.38 | top 14.6% | 5,719 / 40,951 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 21.46 | 23.94 | top 24.5% | 3,149 / 15,683 | |
| 4×4 | 59.17 | 1:00.65 | top 35.6% | 5,735 / 19,072 | |
| 5×5 | 2:00.67 | — | early days — 1 solve | 4,166 / 9,401 | |
| Skewb | 9.66 | 14.83 | top 52.8% | 9,517 / 18,907 | |
| Pyraminx | 11.58 | 13.09 | top 64.5% | 19,052 / 28,708 |
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
- 20 Feb 2016Four personal bests in one day at Shaker Heights 2016.
- 18 Jul 2015First sub-15 3×3: 11.63 at Great Lakes Cubing Competition 2015.
- 18 Jul 2015Five personal bests in one day at Great Lakes Cubing Competition 2015.
- 13 Dec 2014Four personal bests in one day at Carnegie Mellon Winter 2014.
- 6 Sep 2014First competition: River Hill Summer 2014. A 17.33 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Shaker Heights 2016 · 20 Feb 2016 — 4 personal bests set
- Slow n Steady Fall 2015 · 26 Sep 2015 — 2 personal bests set
- Great Lakes Cubing Competition 2015 · 18 Jul 2015 — 5 personal bests set
- Carnegie Mellon Winter 2014 · 13 Dec 2014 — 4 personal bests set
- Carnegie Mellon Fall 2014 · 11 Oct 2014 — 2 personal bests set
- River Hill Summer 2014 · 6 Sep 2014
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.
- Phillip Lewicki — met in 25 rounds, never finished ahead
- Blake Thompson — met in 21 rounds, never finished ahead
- Pavan Ravindra — met in 19 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.36 away.
- A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.03 away.
Targets move as he improves.