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Rowland Douglas Young
3×3 · top 5.2% of 284,439 all-time · competing since April 2019 · 2019YOUN04
Rowland Douglas Young has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.15, set at CubingUSA Southeast Championship 2026, puts him in the top 5.2% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,918th in the United States. Until May 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 5 competitions since April 2019, he has put 79 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, an early reading from 6 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 39.18 in April 2019 to 9.15, a 77% improvement. Rowland has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% 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 | 9.15 | 11.65 | top 5.2% | 2,918 / 59,724 | |
| Skewb | 3.33 | 7.32 | top 6.7% | 1,041 / 18,907 | |
| 2×2 | 2.60 | 5.31 | top 9.9% | 3,907 / 40,951 | |
| 4×4 | 39.11 | 50.47 | top 11.1% | 1,640 / 19,072 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.72 | 9.54 | top 18.0% | 4,763 / 28,708 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 28.01 | 33.53 | top 42.0% | 5,632 / 15,683 | |
| Megaminx | 2:38.59 | — | early days — 2 solves | 4,998 / 7,841 |
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
- 25 Apr 2026First sub-10 3×3: 9.15 at CubingUSA Southeast Championship 2026.
- 25 Apr 2026Four personal bests in one day at CubingUSA Southeast Championship 2026.
- 30 Jul 2022First sub-15 3×3: 12.34 at East Brunswick Open 2022.
- 17 Aug 2019First sub-30 3×3: 19.17 at Gaston Toe Twiddling 2019.
- 17 Aug 2019First sub-20 3×3: 19.17 at Gaston Toe Twiddling 2019.
- 6 Apr 2019First competition: Atomic Cubing Spring 2019. A 39.18 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- CubingUSA Southeast Championship 2026 · 25 Apr 2026 — 4 personal bests set
- East Brunswick Open 2022 · 30 Jul 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Keep Portland Weird 2019 · 14 Dec 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Gaston Toe Twiddling 2019 · 17 Aug 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Atomic Cubing Spring 2019 · 6 Apr 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.
- Matthew Dickman — met in 9 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Kit Clement — met in 9 rounds, never finished ahead
- Benjamin Gottschalk — met in 9 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.15 away.
- A sub-3 Skewb single — 3,646 people have one; it is 0.33 away.
Targets move as he improves.