People · Canada
Owen Zong
2×2 · top 5.4% of 186,767 all-time · competing since February 2024 · 2024ZONG01
Owen Zong has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.10, set at Vancouver Mini Morning 2026, puts him in the top 5.4% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 344th in Canada. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 28 competitions since February 2024, he has put 781 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one; 84% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 33.77 in February 2024 to 11.50, a 66% improvement. Owen has entered 28 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 2.10 | 4.14 | top 5.4% | 344 / 7,173 | |
| Pyraminx | 3.87 | 8.69 | top 7.0% | 245 / 4,858 | |
| 3×3 | 11.50 | 14.60 | top 12.2% | 1,145 / 10,392 | |
| Skewb | 5.58 | 9.85 | top 22.6% | 537 / 2,907 | |
| Megaminx | 1:32.43 | 1:49.00 | top 29.7% | 297 / 1,375 | |
| 4×4 | 59.82 | 1:10.05 | top 36.3% | 961 / 3,118 | |
| Clock | 12.39 | 14.59 | top 36.9% | 329 / 1,029 | |
| Square-1 | 29.84 | 40.79 | top 49.1% | 425 / 952 | |
| 5×5 | 2:05.95 | 2:14.40 | top 53.0% | 702 / 1,499 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 34.55 | 40.98 | top 56.4% | 1,344 / 2,620 | |
| 6×6 | 4:50.71 | 5:45.11 | top 79.8% | 478 / 665 |
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
- 9 Aug 2025Three personal bests in one day at Coffee Cup Tacoma 2025.
- 12 Jul 2025Three personal bests in one day at White Rock's Back to Square-1 2025.
- 28 Jun 2025Five personal bests in one day at Warm Up Seattle 2025.
- 14 Jun 2025Five personal bests in one day at Warm Up Vancouver 2025.
- 17 May 2025First sub-15 3×3: 14.74 at Penticton Lakeside 2025.
- 22 Feb 2025Three personal bests in one day at Chill Cubing in Chilliwack 2025.
Competitions
- BC Championship 2026 · 7 Aug 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Chill Cubing in Chilliwack 2026 · 25 Jul 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Burnaby Cubes Big & Small 2026 · 7 Jun 2026
- Richmond Spring 2026 · 11 Apr 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Surrey Side Events 2026 · 28 Mar 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Vancouver Mini Morning 2026 · 15 Mar 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Burnaby Winter 2026 · 21 Feb 2026
- What Are the Odds Coquitlam 2025 · 22 Nov 2025
- Richmond Fall 2025 · 11 Oct 2025
- Make Cutoff Maple Ridge 2025 · 6 Sep 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Burnaby Summer 2025 · 17 Aug 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Coffee Cup Tacoma 2025 · 9 Aug 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- White Rock's Back to Square-1 2025 · 12 Jul 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Warm Up Seattle 2025 · 28 Jun 2025 — 5 personal bests set
- Warm Up Vancouver 2025 · 14 Jun 2025 — 5 personal bests set
- Surrey Monday Open 2025 · 2 Jun 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Penticton Lakeside 2025 · 17 May 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Coquitlam Crunch 2025 · 3 May 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Aldergrove Clock Fest 2025 · 19 Apr 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Chill Cubing in Chilliwack 2025 · 22 Feb 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- PR Time in Burnaby 2025 · 8 Feb 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Bellevue Squan Fest January 2025 · 25 Jan 2025
- Maple Ridge Favourites 2025 · 4 Jan 2025
- Cubing With Cold Hands Whistler 2024 · 9 Nov 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Vancouver Southlands Sprint 2024 · 19 Oct 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Pitt Meadows Spring Open 2024 · 26 May 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Richmond Rumble 2024 · 13 Apr 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Burnaby Basics 2024 · 3 Feb 2024
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.
- Kevin Matthews — met in 140 rounds, finished ahead 13 times
- Peter Barnwell — met in 130 rounds, never finished ahead
- Liam Jimenez — met in 126 rounds, finished ahead 86 times · head to head
Next targets
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.10 away.
- A sub-3 Pyraminx single — 4,700 people have one; it is 0.87 away.
Targets move as he improves.