People · United States
Ian Bae
3×3 · top 4.9% of 288,433 all-time · competing since January 2024 · 2024BAEI01
Ian Bae has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.01, set at FSUbers 8.0 2025, puts him in the top 4.9% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,794th in the United States. Until May 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 11 competitions since January 2024, he has put 410 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 67% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 19.18 in January 2024 to 9.01, a 53% improvement. Ian has entered eleven competitions, more competitions than 93% 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 | 9.01 | 12.02 | top 4.9% | 2,794 / 60,666 | |
| Pyraminx | 3.74 | 6.78 | top 6.4% | 1,684 / 29,168 | |
| 2×2 | 2.25 | 3.85 | top 6.7% | 2,668 / 41,674 | |
| 4×4 | 40.87 | 52.52 | top 13.2% | 1,989 / 19,354 | |
| Clock | 8.26 | 9.78 | top 16.3% | 1,271 / 9,172 | |
| Megaminx | 1:13.17 | 1:18.43 | top 17.6% | 1,212 / 8,026 | |
| Skewb | 6.93 | 11.96 | top 33.2% | 5,642 / 19,164 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 24.69 | 27.11 | top 33.5% | 4,449 / 15,900 | |
| 5×5 | 1:46.64 | 1:48.40 | top 40.4% | 3,306 / 9,537 | |
| Square-1 | 27.68 | 33.25 | top 45.0% | 2,965 / 6,846 | |
| 7×7 | 5:09.77 | — | early days — 1 solve | 1,610 / 3,236 | |
| 6×6 | 3:38.94 | — | early days — 1 solve | 2,255 / 4,262 |
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
- 5 Sep 2026Seven personal bests in one day at Florida Championship 2026.
- 22 Feb 2025First sub-10 3×3: 9.01 at FSUbers 8.0 2025.
- 22 Feb 2025Three personal bests in one day at FSUbers 8.0 2025.
- 7 Sep 2024Three personal bests in one day at FSUbers 7.0 2024.
- 27 Apr 2024First sub-15 3×3: 14.67 at FSUbers 6.0 2024.
- 2 Mar 2024Three personal bests in one day at Washtenaw Newcomers 2024.
Competitions
- Florida Championship 2026 · 5 Sep 2026 — 7 personal bests set
- Zephyr Cube Bash 2025 · 13 Sep 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Beach Bash Jacksonville 2025 · 9 Aug 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Sowega Spring 2025 · 2 Mar 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- FSUbers 8.0 2025 · 22 Feb 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Solving in Savannah 2025 · 4 Jan 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Middle Georgia Gives Thanks 2024 · 23 Nov 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- FSUbers 7.0 2024 · 7 Sep 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- FSUbers 6.0 2024 · 27 Apr 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Washtenaw Newcomers 2024 · 2 Mar 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- FSUbers 5.0 2024 · 6 Jan 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.
- Daniel Porter — met in 65 rounds, finished ahead once
- Kellan Butler — met in 61 rounds, never finished ahead
- Sean Hartman — met in 56 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 1.01 away.
- A sub-3 Pyraminx single — 4,783 people have one; it is 0.74 away.
Targets move as he improves.