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Owen Young
3×3 · top 3.3% of 284,439 all-time · competing since November 2019 · 2019YOUN12
Owen Young has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.26, set at Upper Valley Cube Day 2025, puts him in the top 3.3% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,846th in the United States. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 9 competitions since November 2019, he has put 299 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 9% around a typical one, steadier than 99% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 21.52 in November 2019 to 8.26, a 62% improvement. Owen has entered nine competitions, more competitions than 91% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 8.26 | 10.65 | top 3.3% | 1,846 / 59,724 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.39 | 7.23 | top 9.6% | 2,499 / 28,708 | |
| 2×2 | 2.96 | 3.72 | top 13.8% | 5,409 / 40,951 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 18.98 | 22.91 | top 17.7% | 2,288 / 15,683 | |
| Skewb | 5.36 | 6.76 | top 20.9% | 3,349 / 18,907 | |
| 4×4 | 48.24 | 56.08 | top 22.4% | 3,400 / 19,072 | |
| 5×5 | 1:34.80 | 1:42.10 | top 31.3% | 2,471 / 9,401 | |
| Square-1 | 24.47 | 33.07 | top 38.0% | 2,470 / 6,743 | |
| 6×6 | 3:26.55 | 3:29.98 | early days — 3 solves | 2,016 / 4,196 |
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
- 6 Dec 2025Five personal bests in one day at Burke Mountain Cubikon 2025.
- 8 Nov 2025Four personal bests in one day at Saint Mike's Cube Fest VT 2025.
- 23 Aug 2025Three personal bests in one day at Burlington Cube Day 2025.
- 28 Jun 2025First sub-10 3×3: 8.26 at Upper Valley Cube Day 2025.
- 28 Jun 2025Four personal bests in one day at Upper Valley Cube Day 2025.
- 29 Mar 2025Four personal bests in one day at Vermont Newcomers 2025.
Competitions
- Saint Mikes Winter VT 2026 · 7 Mar 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Burke Mountain Cubikon 2025 · 6 Dec 2025 — 5 personal bests set
- Saint Mike's Cube Fest VT 2025 · 8 Nov 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Burlington Cube Day 2025 · 23 Aug 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Upper Valley Cube Day 2025 · 28 Jun 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Vermont Newcomers 2025 · 29 Mar 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Jay Peak Cubikon 2024 · 7 Dec 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Burke Mountain Cubing 2022 · 19 Nov 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Burke Mountain Fall 2019 · 2 Nov 2019
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.
- Derek White — met in 62 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Elijah Rain Phelps — met in 51 rounds, never finished ahead
- Charles Amarello — met in 28 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.26 away.
- A sub-4 Pyraminx single — 9,892 people have one; it is 0.39 away.
Targets move as he improves.