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Owen VanderStoep
2×2 · top 38.3% of 186,767 all-time · competing since May 2025 · 2025VAND02
Owen VanderStoep has been competing for a year. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 4.92, set at Davis Summer 2025, puts him in the top 38.3% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 15,344th in the United States. Across 5 competitions since May 2025, he has put 58 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, an early reading from 6 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 35.23 in May 2025 to 19.77, a 44% 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 States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 4.92 | 7.57 | top 38.3% | 15,344 / 40,951 | |
| 3×3 | 19.77 | 23.74 | top 39.3% | 22,249 / 59,724 | |
| Pyraminx | 10.81 | 13.55 | top 59.1% | 17,345 / 28,708 | |
| Skewb | 12.06 | 15.08 | top 66.3% | 12,379 / 18,907 | |
| 4×4 | 2:03.12 | — | early days — 2 solves | 15,535 / 19,072 |
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
- 15 Nov 2025First sub-20 3×3: 19.77 at Yuba City Fall 2025.
- 29 Jun 2025First sub-30 3×3: 29.68 at SacMini 2025.
- 18 May 2025First competition: SacCubing XX 2025. A 35.23 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Yuba City Fall 2025 · 15 Nov 2025 — 1 personal best set
- SacCubing XXI 2025 · 28 Sep 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Davis Summer 2025 · 2 Aug 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- SacMini 2025 · 29 Jun 2025 — 1 personal best set
- SacCubing XX 2025 · 18 May 2025
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.
- Sebastian Stone — met in 14 rounds, finished ahead once
- Bowen Deng (邓博文) — met in 14 rounds, never finished ahead
- Jason Ostdiek — met in 14 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-4 2×2 single — 49,452 people have one; it is 0.92 away.
- A sub-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 4.77 away.
Targets move as he improves.