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Owl Carpenter

2×2 · top 4.0% of 186,767 all-time · competing since August 2022 · 2022CARP05

Owl Carpenter has been competing for 4 years. Her best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.88, set at Boulder Holiday Bash 2025, puts her in the top 4.0% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,585th in the United States. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 19 competitions since August 2022, she has put 457 official solves on the record across 17 events. Solve to solve, her 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 84% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. Her 3×3 best has come down from 13.06 in August 2022 to 10.76, an 18% improvement. Owl has entered 19 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 4.0% of 186,767 all-time
1.88
signature single · Boulder Holiday Bash 2025
457
official solves on the record
11%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 84% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
2×21.884.31
top 4.0%1,585 / 40,951
3×310.7613.13
top 9.7%5,295 / 59,724
Pyraminx4.807.91
top 12.0%3,116 / 28,708
4×441.2746.24
top 13.6%2,034 / 19,072
Clock8.6811.21
top 18.4%1,405 / 8,927
3×3 blindfolded1:28.701:49.32
top 22.6%458 / 2,092
Skewb6.009.60
top 25.7%4,184 / 18,907
5×51:28.321:33.41
top 25.9%2,030 / 9,401
Megaminx1:37.191:42.95
top 32.8%2,324 / 7,841
3×3 one-handed24.5026.69
top 32.9%4,301 / 15,683
6×62:53.652:59.55
top 37.9%1,372 / 4,196
7×74:23.064:38.72
top 38.7%1,082 / 3,184
Square-126.7735.86
top 43.0%2,790 / 6,743
3×3 Fewest Moves39 moves45.33
top 44.7%969 / 2,040
4×4 blindfolded8:22.6511:59.00
top 46.8%187 / 440
5×5 blindfolded18:36.00—
top 54.6%121 / 218
3×3 Multi-Blind2 of 2 cubes · 9:00—
early days — 1 solve477 / 731

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

Pueblo Puzzling 2022: 13.06Summit Big Cube Showdown 2022: 12.97Loveland Fall 2022: 12.93Mile High Megacomp 2023: 13.53Don't be Fooled Colorado 2023: 10.86Summer Solving Colorado 2023: 12.25Spring Madness Colorado 2024: 11.23Colorado Springs Showdown 2024: 11.39Centennial State Cube Off 2024: 13.07Boulder Holiday Bash 2025: 10.76DeNxNver 2025: 13.82Happy Crew CO 2025: 14.13Oredigger Fall CO 2025: 11.57Oredigger Open CO 2026: 12.2910.7614.1313 Aug 20228 Feb 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 her.

Next targets

  • A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.88 away.
  • A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.76 away.

Targets move as she improves.