People · Canada
Owen Zheng
3×3 · top 1.7% of 288,433 all-time · competing since July 2022 · 2022ZHEN08
Owen Zheng has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.29, set at Canadian Prairie Championship 2024, puts him in the top 1.7% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 175th in Canada. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 10 competitions since July 2022, he has put 226 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 60% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 16.24 in July 2022 to 7.29, a 55% improvement. Owen has entered ten competitions, more competitions than 92% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 7.29 | 8.56 | top 1.7% | 175 / 10,502 | |
| 4×4 | 30.96 | 35.30 | top 3.5% | 77 / 3,180 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.05 | 7.02 | top 8.0% | 286 / 4,913 | |
| 2×2 | 2.48 | 3.49 | top 8.8% | 573 / 7,245 | |
| 5×5 | 1:11.91 | 1:27.64 | top 13.1% | 157 / 1,546 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 20.47 | 25.33 | top 21.8% | 472 / 2,632 | |
| 6×6 | 2:43.27 | 2:51.99 | early days — 3 solves | 169 / 683 | |
| 7×7 | 5:36.69 | — | early days — 1 solve | 276 / 519 | |
| Square-1 | 54.83 | — | early days — 3 solves | 766 / 973 |
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
- 2 Nov 2024Six personal bests in one day at Canadian Prairie Championship 2024.
- 24 Aug 2024Three personal bests in one day at Cubing Among the Drumheller Dinosaurs 2024.
- 29 Oct 2023First sub-10 3×3: 9.16 at Afraid in Airdrie 2023.
- 12 Aug 2023Four personal bests in one day at Calgary Summer Classic 2023.
- 8 Oct 2022First sub-15 3×3: 12.76 at Rockies Rager Fall 2022.
- 30 Jul 2022First competition: Spruce Grove Summer 2022. A 16.24 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025 · 3 Jul 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Out in the Country Crossfield 2025 · 3 May 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Canadian Prairie Championship 2024 · 2 Nov 2024 — 6 personal bests set
- Cubing Among the Drumheller Dinosaurs 2024 · 24 Aug 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Afraid in Airdrie 2023 · 29 Oct 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Calgary Summer Classic 2023 · 12 Aug 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- Solved Central Alberta 2023 · 27 May 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Welcome Back Calgary 2023 · 7 Jan 2023
- Rockies Rager Fall 2022 · 8 Oct 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Spruce Grove Summer 2022 · 30 Jul 2022
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.
- Griffin Clem — met in 50 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
- Azaro Gorloo — met in 50 rounds, finished ahead twice
- Lucas Kuczaj — met in 48 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,419 people have one; it is 1.29 away.
- A sub-30 4×4 single — 2,465 people have one; it is 0.96 away.
Targets move as he improves.