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Stephen Cowan

Pyraminx · top 11.3% of 129,321 all-time · competing since October 2022 · 2022COWA01

Stephen Cowan has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 4.69, set at Barely Awake Boulder 2024, puts him in the top 11.3% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,950th in the United States. Across 29 competitions since October 2022, he has put 702 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one; 91% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 32.56 in October 2022 to 17.33, a 47% improvement. Stephen has entered 29 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

Pyraminx
best event — top 11.3% of 129,321 all-time
4.69
signature single · Barely Awake Boulder 2024
702
official solves on the record
16%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 91% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
Pyraminx4.698.68
top 11.3%2,950 / 28,708
Skewb4.7513.13
top 16.3%2,566 / 18,907
2×24.186.20
top 28.8%11,427 / 40,951
Clock11.3612.16
top 31.9%2,495 / 8,927
3×317.3320.87
top 32.0%17,732 / 59,724
4×41:00.411:17.76
top 36.9%5,950 / 19,072
5×52:27.172:59.99
top 64.5%5,600 / 9,401
3×3 one-handed48.661:06.12
top 75.5%10,977 / 15,683

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

Summit Big Cube Showdown 2022: 32.56Bundle Up Broomfield 2023: 28.86Happy Crew Cubing CO 2023: 24.07Mile High Megacomp 2023: 24.07Don't be Fooled Colorado 2023: 21.13Cubing In Creek 2023: 19.74Colorado Mountain Tour - Golden 2023: 18.13Summer Solving Colorado 2023: 22.61Don't Fall Off Pikes Peak 2023: 22.77Colorado Jungle Jumble 2023: 21.61Centennial State Cube-Off 2023: 21.56CubingUSA Rocky Mountain Championship 2023: 23.54Pillar of Fire Colorado 2023: 23.49Colorado Cold Hands Showdown 2023: 24.90Barely Awake Boulder 2024: 23.37Happy Crew Déjà Vu Colorado 2024: 19.46Cherry on Top Colorado PM 2024: 21.33Pretzel Mania Denver 2024: 20.28Colorado Mountain Tour - Evergreen 2024: 17.33Colorado Springs Showdown 2024: 21.45Golden Touch 2024: 19.09Centennial State Cube Off 2024: 20.08Boulder Holiday Bash 2025: 21.83Winter Warmup CO 2025: 22.89DeNxNver 2025: 20.98Oredigger Open CO 2025: 19.92Longmont Open 2025: 19.01Colorado Springs Spring 2025: 19.2017.3332.5615 Oct 202217 May 2025

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-4 Pyraminx single — 9,892 people have one; it is 0.69 away.
  • A sub-4 Skewb single — 7,977 people have one; it is 0.75 away.

Targets move as he improves.