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Owen Vaughan

2×2 · top 2.2% of 186,767 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 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 873rd in the United States. Until November 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 35 competitions since October 2022, he has put 1,107 official solves on the record across 14 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 87% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 15.02 in October 2022 to 7.90, a 47% improvement. Owen has entered 35 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 2.2% of 186,767 all-time
1.51
signature single · SacCubing XVII 2024
1,107
official solves on the record
11%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 87% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
2×21.512.00
top 2.2%873 / 40,951
3×37.909.24
top 2.6%1,514 / 59,724
Pyraminx2.734.14
top 2.8%747 / 28,708
4×431.6236.73
top 3.9%632 / 19,072
3×3 one-handed13.8317.70
top 5.8%809 / 15,683
5×51:00.991:05.13
top 6.0%492 / 9,401
Megaminx1:02.121:08.85
top 11.1%753 / 7,841
6×62:08.232:18.09
top 14.6%528 / 4,196
3×3 Fewest Moves30 moves32.00
early days — 3 solves327 / 2,040
Clock8.539.82
top 17.7%1,349 / 8,927
Skewb5.066.66
top 18.6%2,963 / 18,907
7×73:30.043:51.61
top 19.8%561 / 3,184
Square-125.4031.67
top 40.0%2,596 / 6,743
3×3 blindfolded3:13.29—
early days — 3 solves1,188 / 2,092

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: 8.987.9018.487 Oct 20228 Aug 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 — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.51 away.
  • A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.90 away.

Targets move as he improves.