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Ian Brown

3×3 · top 15.7% of 284,439 all-time · competing since February 2022 · 2022BROW04

Ian Brown has been competing for 5 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 12.53, set at Pretzel Mania 2022, puts him in the top 15.7% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 8,442nd in the United States. Across 4 competitions since February 2022, he has put 105 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one, an early reading from 7 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 17.79 in February 2022 to 12.53, a 30% improvement. Ian has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 15.7% of 284,439 all-time
12.53
signature single · Pretzel Mania 2022
105
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×312.5315.95
top 15.7%8,442 / 59,724
Skewb5.639.85
top 22.9%3,670 / 18,907
2×23.866.09
top 24.7%9,681 / 40,951
4×41:03.431:21.93
top 40.0%6,515 / 19,072
Pyraminx10.9212.85
top 59.9%17,609 / 28,708
5×53:06.35
early days — 1 solve7,284 / 9,401
Clock49.48
early days — 3 solves8,698 / 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

Cape Fear 2022: 17.79Pretzel Mania 2022: 12.53Rocky Top 2022: 13.42CubingUSA Nationals 2023: 14.4812.5317.7912 Feb 202227 Jul 2023

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-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 0.53 away.
  • A sub-5 Skewb single — 13,285 people have one; it is 0.63 away.

Targets move as he improves.