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Owen Van Derven
2×2 · top 26.8% of 189,179 all-time · competing since November 2023 · 2023DERV02
Owen Van Derven has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 4.02, set at Wisconsin Qualifier 2024, puts him in the top 26.8% of the 189,179 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 10,750th in the United States. Across 10 competitions since November 2023, he has put 153 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 86% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 36.17 in November 2023 to 19.88, a 45% improvement. Owen has entered ten competitions, more competitions than 92% 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 | 4.02 | 5.69 | top 26.8% | 10,750 / 41,674 | |
| 3×3 | 19.88 | 25.75 | top 39.7% | 22,826 / 60,666 | |
| Pyraminx | 8.79 | 16.97 | top 43.0% | 12,521 / 29,168 | |
| Clock | 19.15 | 23.95 | top 62.2% | 5,415 / 9,172 | |
| Skewb | 20.10 | 23.08 | top 89.8% | 17,551 / 19,164 |
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
- 1 Jun 2024Three personal bests in one day at Wisconsin Qualifier 2024.
- 24 Feb 2024First sub-20 3×3: 19.88 at Sturgeon Bay Big Cubes 2024.
- 3 Dec 2023First sub-30 3×3: 25.59 at The Core of Hobart 2023.
- 12 Nov 2023First competition: Green Bay 2023. A 36.17 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Midwest Cubing Classic 2026 · 26 Apr 2026
- Midwest Cubing Classic 2025 · 6 Apr 2025
- Pyraminx in Pewaukee 2024 · 26 Oct 2024 — 1 personal best set
- DuPage Fall 2024 · 28 Sep 2024
- Cubing in Oak Creek 2024 · 10 Aug 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Wisconsin Qualifier 2024 · 1 Jun 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Chicago Area Twist Spring B 2024 · 19 May 2024
- Sturgeon Bay Big Cubes 2024 · 24 Feb 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- The Core of Hobart 2023 · 3 Dec 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Green Bay 2023 · 12 Nov 2023
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.
- Brian Johnson — met in 28 rounds, never finished ahead
- Carter Kucala — met in 28 rounds, never finished ahead
- Simon Kellum — met in 28 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-4 2×2 single — 50,215 people have one; it is 0.02 away.
- A sub-15 3×3 single — 70,740 people have one; it is 4.88 away.
Targets move as he improves.