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Ian Carlisle

2×2 · top 20.8% of 186,767 all-time · competing since April 2015 · 2015CARL02

Ian Carlisle has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 3.55, set at Michigan Mini 28 2025, puts him in the top 20.8% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 8,171st in the United States. Across 9 competitions since April 2015, he has put 151 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 78% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 27.00 in April 2015 to 16.65, a 38% improvement. Ian has entered nine competitions, more competitions than 91% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 20.8% of 186,767 all-time
3.55
signature single · Michigan Mini 28 2025
151
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 78% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
2×23.558.85
top 20.8%8,171 / 40,951
3×316.6520.46
top 29.9%16,418 / 59,724
Pyraminx9.6414.67
top 50.2%14,558 / 28,708
3×3 one-handed37.0743.74
top 60.9%8,564 / 15,683
Skewb14.3721.66
top 76.2%14,472 / 18,907
4×42:17.41
early days — 2 solves16,775 / 19,072

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

Michigan Cubing Club Beta 2015: 27.00Mishawaka Spring 2015: 28.11Indiana 2015: 18.89Dayton 2015: 24.01Michigan Cubing Club Delta 2015: 17.96Michigan Cubing Club Alpha 2019: 17.44Michigan Mini 26A 2024: 16.65Washtenaw Winter 2025: 19.29Michigan Mini 28 2025: 16.8416.6528.114 Apr 20153 Feb 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-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.55 away.
  • A sub-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 1.65 away.

Targets move as he improves.