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Ian Drake

3×3 · top 11.6% of 284,439 all-time · competing since February 2017 · 2017DRAK01

Ian Drake has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 11.35, set at Cobb Cubes Again 2018, puts him in the top 11.6% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 6,253rd in the United States. Across 15 competitions since February 2017, he has put 474 official solves on the record across 16 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 71% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 23.97 in February 2017 to 11.35, a 53% improvement. Ian has entered 15 competitions, more competitions than 95% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 11.6% of 284,439 all-time
11.35
signature single · Cobb Cubes Again 2018
474
official solves on the record
14%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 71% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×311.3513.81
top 11.6%6,253 / 59,724
Square-113.2620.99
top 12.4%860 / 6,743
2×23.185.29
top 16.4%6,428 / 40,951
Skewb5.778.02
top 24.0%3,894 / 18,907
4×453.631:03.87
top 29.1%4,546 / 19,072
Pyraminx7.4210.80
top 31.3%8,735 / 28,708
3×3 one-handed27.3930.68
top 40.4%5,383 / 15,683
Megaminx1:56.062:11.67
top 43.6%3,182 / 7,841
3×3 blindfolded2:32.84
top 44.2%942 / 2,092
5×52:03.702:15.70
top 51.6%4,331 / 9,401
3×3 Multi-Blind3 of 3 cubes · 20:29
early days — 1 solve406 / 731
Clock16.3024.26
top 52.9%4,355 / 8,927
3×3 Fewest Moves43 moves46.67
top 59.0%1,251 / 2,040
6×64:41.895:11.72
top 77.7%3,088 / 4,196
7×77:48.91
early days — 1 solve2,789 / 3,184
4×4 blindfolded19:13.00
early days — 1 solve377 / 440

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

All Aboard 2017: 23.97Classic City Shenanigans 2017: 22.82Classic City Spooks 2017: 16.84Classic City 4 Charity 2017: 13.66Whale Sounds 2018: 15.42Classic City Closer 2018: 13.03CubingUSA Southeast Championship 2018: 12.60Atlanta Subdivisions 2018: 13.18Michigan Cubing Club Gamma 2018: 15.13Cobb Cubes Again 2018: 11.35Lowcountry Cubing 2018: 11.92CubingUSA Georgia Championship 2018: 13.44Dunwoody Day Bash 2019: 12.94Terminus 2019: 13.6011.3523.9725 Feb 201730 Mar 2019

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-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 1.35 away.
  • A sub-12 Square-1 single — 2,502 people have one; it is 1.26 away.

Targets move as he improves.