People · United States
Owen Young
3×3 · top 3.3% of 288,433 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 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,888th in the United States. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 11 competitions since November 2019, he has put 423 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 9% around a typical one, steadier than 98% of the 36,406 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 eleven competitions, more competitions than 93% 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% | 1,888 / 60,666 | |
| Skewb | 3.04 | 6.76 | top 5.2% | 811 / 19,164 | |
| 4×4 | 35.17 | 46.51 | top 6.9% | 1,088 / 19,354 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.39 | 7.20 | top 9.7% | 2,551 / 29,168 | |
| 2×2 | 2.69 | 3.72 | top 10.9% | 4,343 / 41,674 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 18.98 | 22.91 | top 17.8% | 2,329 / 15,900 | |
| 5×5 | 1:22.04 | 1:37.51 | top 20.9% | 1,648 / 9,537 | |
| Square-1 | 19.79 | 25.63 | top 27.6% | 1,837 / 6,846 | |
| Megaminx | 1:50.17 | — | early days — 2 solves | 3,006 / 8,026 | |
| 7×7 | 4:58.86 | 5:10.50 | early days — 3 solves | 1,494 / 3,236 | |
| 6×6 | 3:19.61 | 3:24.91 | top 50.4% | 1,914 / 4,262 | |
| Clock | 17.44 | 21.18 | top 56.9% | 4,872 / 9,172 |
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
- 3 Oct 2026Three personal bests in one day at Seabrook Open 2026.
- 5 Sep 2026Three personal bests in one day at Great North Woods 2026.
- 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.
Competitions
- Seabrook Open 2026 · 3 Oct 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- Great North Woods 2026 · 5 Sep 2026 — 3 personal bests set
- 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 88 rounds, finished ahead 8 times
- Elijah Rain Phelps — met in 51 rounds, never finished ahead
- Will Russo — met in 40 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 0.26 away.
- A sub-3 Skewb single — 3,709 people have one; it is 0.04 away.
Targets move as he improves.