People · United Kingdom
Owen Rafferty
2×2 · top 2.8% of 186,767 all-time · competing since January 2023 · 2023RAFF01
Owen Rafferty has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.65, set at Tír Chonaill Cubing 2024, puts him in the top 2.8% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 209th in the United Kingdom. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 5 competitions since January 2023, he has put 173 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 73% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 23.05 in January 2023 to 18.66, a 19% improvement. Owen has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United Kingdom | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 1.65 | 4.40 | top 2.8% | 209 / 4,895 | |
| Skewb | 3.93 | 9.68 | top 10.4% | 238 / 2,421 | |
| Pyraminx | 7.46 | 9.87 | top 31.7% | 1,272 / 3,656 | |
| 3×3 | 18.66 | 20.32 | top 36.1% | 2,440 / 6,689 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 38.40 | 45.93 | top 63.0% | 1,080 / 1,851 | |
| 4×4 | 1:51.38 | — | top 77.5% | 1,747 / 2,071 |
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
- 7 Jul 2023First sub-20 3×3: 18.96 at Irish Championship 2023.
- 7 Jul 2023Six personal bests in one day at Irish Championship 2023.
- 11 Mar 2023Four personal bests in one day at Turnin' in Termonfeckin Saturday 2023.
- 14 Jan 2023First competition: Belfast Winter 2023. A 25.95 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Tír Chonaill Cubing 2024 · 16 Nov 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Belfast Summer 2024 · 15 Jun 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Irish Championship 2023 · 7 Jul 2023 — 6 personal bests set
- Turnin' in Termonfeckin Saturday 2023 · 11 Mar 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- Belfast Winter 2023 · 14 Jan 2023 — 2 personal bests 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.
- Seán O'Toole — met in 42 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
- Tiernan McCorry — met in 42 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Tykhon Pererva — met in 41 rounds, finished ahead 9 times
Next targets
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.65 away.
- A sub-3 Skewb single — 3,646 people have one; it is 0.93 away.
Targets move as he improves.