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Ian Bourn

3×3 · top 0.68% of 288,433 all-time · competing since June 2009 · 2009BOUR01

Ian Bourn has been competing for 17 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 6.28, set at Marietta the Gathering 2026, puts him in the top 0.68% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 455th in the United States. Until May 2011, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 26 competitions since June 2009, he has put 815 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 66% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 43.77 in June 2009 to 6.28, an 86% improvement. Ian has entered 26 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 0.68% of 288,433 all-time
6.28
signature single · Marietta the Gathering 2026
815
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 66% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×36.288.41
top 0.68%455 / 60,666
4×428.6529.85
top 2.1%358 / 19,354
3×3 one-handed15.3518.78
top 8.9%1,203 / 15,900
5×51:08.321:14.32
top 10.6%835 / 9,537
Megaminx1:05.851:13.79
top 13.2%923 / 8,026
2×23.514.06
top 20.4%8,099 / 41,674
6×62:31.212:47.15
top 26.3%942 / 4,262
7×74:21.564:37.84
top 38.3%1,090 / 3,236
3×3 Fewest Moves39 moves—
top 44.8%982 / 2,059
Clock18.0023.18
top 58.8%5,057 / 9,172
Pyraminx12.2821.87
top 69.0%20,742 / 29,168
Skewb15.9124.50
top 81.1%15,724 / 19,164

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

Horizons Open 2009: 43.77United States Rubik's Cube Championships 2010: 29.09Princeton Fall 2010: 21.63St. Joseph's College Winter 2011: 16.66Newark Head to Head 2011: 15.58Park Ridge Open 2011: 13.63Lynden Open 2012: 11.50Couve Cubing 2012: 10.94United States National Championships 2012: 9.21Kanto Winter 2012: 11.02World Rubik's Cube Championship 2013: 8.47Mid-Columbia Cubing Competition 2013: 10.45US Nationals 2015: 9.50US Nationals 2016: 8.52Atomic Fools 2017: 8.24Chiawana Cubing 2018: 8.09Atomic Cubing Spring 2018: 6.76Atomic Cubing Spring 2019: 8.03GA Cuber Jackets Fall 2025: 8.10Marietta the Gathering 2026: 6.28Cube Against Cancer Roswell 2026: 6.67Georgia Tech Tuesday Tiny I 2026: 7.57GA Cuber Jackets Spring 2026: 6.82Roswell Rumble Fall 2026: 7.43GA Cuber Jackets Fall 2026: 7.916.2843.7720 Jun 20094 Oct 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 his.

Next targets

  • A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,419 people have one; it is 0.28 away.
  • A sub-25 4×4 single — 614 people have one; it is 3.65 away.

Targets move as he improves.