People · United States
Will Bowen
2×2 · top 3.9% of 186,767 all-time · competing since December 2015 · 2015BOWE03
Will Bowen has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.85, set at Connect Community 2018, puts him in the top 3.9% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,513th in the United States. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 17 competitions since December 2015, he has put 375 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 59% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 30.29 in December 2015 to 8.76, a 71% improvement. Will has entered 17 competitions, more competitions than 96% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 1.85 | 3.34 | top 3.9% | 1,513 / 40,951 | |
| 3×3 | 8.76 | 9.76 | top 4.3% | 2,403 / 59,724 | |
| 4×4 | 33.78 | 36.91 | top 5.6% | 857 / 19,072 | |
| Pyraminx | 3.89 | 5.64 | top 7.1% | 1,821 / 28,708 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 17.92 | 19.78 | top 14.9% | 1,925 / 15,683 | |
| Megaminx | 1:11.89 | 1:38.66 | top 16.8% | 1,144 / 7,841 | |
| 5×5 | 1:17.52 | 1:29.12 | top 17.2% | 1,334 / 9,401 | |
| Skewb | 6.51 | 7.80 | top 29.8% | 4,889 / 18,907 | |
| Square-1 | 29.51 | 37.82 | top 48.5% | 3,157 / 6,743 | |
| Clock | 35.68 | — | early days — 1 solve | 8,078 / 8,927 |
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
- 28 Jun 2025Four personal bests in one day at Upper Valley Cube Day 2025.
- 21 Sep 2019Three personal bests in one day at Providence Fall 2019.
- 26 Jul 2019Five personal bests in one day at Massachusetts Championship 2019.
- 8 Sep 2018Three personal bests in one day at Connect Community 2018.
- 12 May 2018First sub-10 3×3: 9.46 at BU Spring 2018.
- 1 Jul 2017Three personal bests in one day at Lexington Summer 2017.
Competitions
- Upper Valley Cube Day 2025 · 28 Jun 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- CubingUSA Northeast Championship 2022 · 27 May 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Cubing with the Viking 2020 · 22 Feb 2020 — 2 personal bests set
- Providence Fall 2019 · 21 Sep 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Massachusetts Championship 2019 · 26 Jul 2019 — 5 personal bests set
- Cubing in Cambridge 2019 · 1 Jun 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- The Battle of Lexington 2018 · 1 Dec 2018 — 1 personal best set
- MIT Fall 2018 · 6 Oct 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Connect Community 2018 · 8 Sep 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- BU Spring 2018 · 12 May 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- Weston Fall 2017 · 11 Nov 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- Lexington Summer 2017 · 1 Jul 2017 — 3 personal bests set
- Weston Spring 2017 · 1 Apr 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- Sharon Summer 2016 · 13 Aug 2016 — 1 personal best set
- Lexington Summer 2016 · 25 Jun 2016 — 2 personal bests set
- MIT Spring 2016 · 30 Apr 2016 — 2 personal bests set
- MIT Fall 2015 · 12 Dec 2015
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.
- James Quinn — met in 65 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
- Derek White — met in 58 rounds, finished ahead 16 times
- Will Russo — met in 57 rounds, finished ahead 12 times
Next targets
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.85 away.
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 0.76 away.
Targets move as he improves.