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Owen Zarovy

2×2 · top 3.8% of 186,767 all-time · competing since August 2022 · 2022ZARO01

Owen Zarovy has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.84, set at MYHM Puzzling in Plano 2023, puts him in the top 3.8% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,501st in the United States. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 25 competitions since August 2022, he has put 583 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 60% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 20.65 in August 2022 to 9.12, a 56% improvement. Owen has entered 25 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 3.8% of 186,767 all-time
1.84
signature single · MYHM Puzzling in Plano 2023
583
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 60% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
2×21.844.00
top 3.8%1,501 / 40,951
3×39.1211.24
top 5.1%2,869 / 59,724
4×441.4947.08
top 13.9%2,068 / 19,072
3×3 one-handed23.4526.41
top 30.0%3,880 / 15,683
5×51:40.191:47.84
top 35.5%2,822 / 9,401

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

DFW Cubing Summer 2022: 20.65Texas BarbeCubing 2022: 16.13DFW Cubing Fall 2022: 18.60CubingUSA Texas Championship 2022: 17.13Cube With Intention in Denton 2022: 15.99Cedar Park Winter 2023: 15.27MYHM Puzzling in Plano 2023: 11.39CubingUSA Southern Championship 2023: 11.03Space City Summer 2023: 10.16Pretzel Mania Dallas 2023: 12.12Cube With Attention in Denton 2023: 12.81DFW Cubing Spring 2024: 11.33Brazos Cubing Fall 2024: 12.92Cube a Ton in Arlington 2024: 13.37The Heart of Texas 2025: 11.68Austin Spring Open 2025: 11.41Cube More in Taylor 2025: 11.82Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025: 12.92Houston Back to School 2025: 11.81San Antonio Fall 2025: 9.79Round Rock Splash & Solve 2026: 9.36Temple Qualifier 2026: 10.22Georgetown Favorite Event Day 2026: 9.49GAN Southern Championship 2026: 9.61New Braunfels Tube & Twist 2026: 9.129.1220.6514 Aug 20222 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 0.84 away.
  • A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.12 away.

Targets move as he improves.