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Owen Vaughan

2×2 · top 2.2% of 189,179 all-time · competing since October 2022 · 2022VAUG04

Owen Vaughan has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.51, set at SacCubing XVII 2024, puts him in the top 2.2% of the 189,179 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 893rd in the United States. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 36 competitions since October 2022, he has put 1,147 official solves on the record across 14 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 85% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 15.02 in October 2022 to 7.87, a 48% improvement. Owen has entered 36 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 2.2% of 189,179 all-time
1.51
signature single · SacCubing XVII 2024
1,147
official solves on the record
11%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 85% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
2×21.512.00
top 2.2%893 / 41,674
3×37.879.24
top 2.6%1,529 / 60,666
Pyraminx2.734.14
top 2.8%761 / 29,168
5×556.321:02.23
top 3.9%333 / 9,537
4×431.6236.73
top 3.9%645 / 19,354
3×3 one-handed13.8317.70
top 5.9%825 / 15,900
Megaminx1:02.121:08.85
top 11.2%774 / 8,026
6×62:08.232:18.09
top 14.7%538 / 4,262
3×3 Fewest Moves30 moves32.00
early days — 3 solves329 / 2,059
Clock8.539.82
top 17.6%1,370 / 9,172
Skewb5.066.66
top 18.6%3,001 / 19,164
7×73:30.043:51.61
top 19.8%567 / 3,236
Square-125.4031.67
top 40.0%2,637 / 6,846
3×3 blindfolded3:13.29—
early days — 3 solves1,209 / 2,128

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

WCC Western Championship 2022: 15.02Bay Area Speedcubin' 39 2022: 18.48Bay Area Speedcubin' 40 - San Ramon 2022: 14.37Berkeley Winter A 2023: 12.88Bay Area Speedcubin' 43 2023: 12.83Bay Area Speedcubin' 44 2023: 12.16CubingUSA Nationals 2023: 12.15Berkeley Summer 2023: 11.06SacCubing XV 2023: 10.27Bay Area Speedcubin' 53 - Berkeley 2023: 10.92Bay Area Speedcubin' 54 Live - SSF 2023: 7.90Bay Area Speedcubin' 60 - Mountain View 2024: 10.42Bay Area Speedcubin' 61 - San Jose 2024: 9.60Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2024: 9.36CubingUSA Western Championship 2024: 8.16Berkeley Fall 2024: 8.04Cool Down Berkeley 2024: 9.13Bay Area Speedcubin' 66 - Belmont 2024: 8.47Bay Area Side Events Day 2025: 9.68Belmont Spring 2025: 8.95Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025: 9.28West Coast Cubing Western Championship 2025: 8.58Dublin California Open 2025: 8.59Davis Winter 2026: 9.22Berkeley Favorites 2026: 8.68Berkeley Spring 2026: 8.81Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2026: 9.00Davis Big Summer 2026: 8.98Berkeley Fall 2026: 7.877.8718.487 Oct 202211 Oct 2026

Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.

The story so far

Competitions

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.

Next targets

  • A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,050 people have one; it is 0.51 away.
  • A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,419 people have one; it is 1.87 away.

Targets move as he improves.