People · United States
Owen Pauwels
2×2 · top 44.3% of 186,767 all-time · competing since August 2024 · 2024PAUW01
Owen Pauwels has been competing for 2 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 5.41, set at DFW Cubing Summer 2026, puts him in the top 44.3% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 17,864th in the United States. Across 3 competitions since August 2024, he has put 51 official solves on the record across four events. His 3×3 best has come down from 54.52 in August 2024 to 29.17, a 46% improvement. Owen has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 5.41 | 6.64 | top 44.3% | 17,864 / 40,951 | |
| 3×3 | 29.17 | 31.36 | top 61.1% | 36,408 / 59,724 | |
| Pyraminx | 11.32 | 18.59 | top 62.8% | 18,485 / 28,708 | |
| Clock | 50.59 | — | early days — 1 solve | 8,717 / 8,927 |
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
- 29 Aug 2026First sub-30 3×3: 29.23 at DFW Cubing Summer 2026.
- 29 Aug 2026Four personal bests in one day at DFW Cubing Summer 2026.
- 25 Aug 2024First competition: DFW Back to School 2024. A 54.52 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- DFW Cubing Summer 2026 · 29 Aug 2026 — 4 personal bests set
- DFW Cubing Fall 2025 · 4 Oct 2025 — 1 personal best set
- DFW Back to School 2024 · 25 Aug 2024
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.
- Ryan Pilat — met in 11 rounds, never finished ahead
- Jonah Eckhoff — met in 11 rounds, never finished ahead
- Cole Dugger — met in 11 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-5 2×2 single — 73,413 people have one; it is 0.41 away.
- A sub-25 3×3 single — 149,621 people have one; it is 4.17 away.
Targets move as he improves.