People · United States
Ian Cheng
2×2 · top 14.3% of 186,767 all-time · competing since March 2016 · 2016CHEN12
Ian Cheng has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 3.01, set at OCSEF Open 2017, puts him in the top 14.3% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 5,641st in the United States. Across 12 competitions since March 2016, he has put 156 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 87% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 39.91 in April 2016 to 20.64, a 48% improvement. Ian has entered twelve competitions, more competitions than 94% 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 | 3.01 | 5.26 | top 14.3% | 5,641 / 40,951 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.17 | 9.86 | top 21.3% | 5,716 / 28,708 | |
| Skewb | 7.03 | 10.22 | top 33.9% | 5,708 / 18,907 | |
| 3×3 | 20.64 | 22.36 | top 41.7% | 23,826 / 59,724 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 48.51 | — | early days — 2 solves | 10,949 / 15,683 | |
| Megaminx | 3:54.83 | — | early days — 2 solves | 7,171 / 7,841 |
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
- 8 Oct 2016First sub-30 3×3: 28.46 at Newport Fall 2016.
- 26 Mar 2016First competition: Newport Spring 2016.
Competitions
- West LA Spring 2019 · 27 Apr 2019
- Newport Fall 2017 · 7 Oct 2017
- Nisei Week 2017 · 19 Aug 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- Cerritos Open 2017 · 27 May 2017 — 1 personal best set
- OCSEF Open 2017 · 23 Apr 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- Qualifornia 2017 · 25 Mar 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Skillcon 2016 · 17 Dec 2016 — 1 personal best set
- Newport Fall 2016 · 8 Oct 2016 — 2 personal bests set
- SoCal Supercomp 2016 · 9 Jul 2016 — 1 personal best set
- Poly Cubed 2016 · 7 May 2016 — 2 personal bests set
- St. Francis II: GYM 2016 · 24 Apr 2016 — 2 personal bests set
- Newport Spring 2016 · 26 Mar 2016
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.
- Sean Saito — met in 27 rounds, never finished ahead
- Michael Young — met in 26 rounds, finished ahead once
- Isaac Langer — met in 26 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.01 away.
- A sub-6 Pyraminx single — 25,870 people have one; it is 0.17 away.
Targets move as he improves.