People · United States
Ian Fanning
2×2 · top 3.4% of 189,179 all-time · competing since June 2022 · 2022FANN01
Ian Fanning has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.76, set at Pretzel Mania 2023, puts him in the top 3.4% of the 189,179 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,349th in the United States. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 12 competitions since June 2022, he has put 297 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one; 72% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 17.38 in June 2022 to 8.92, a 49% 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 | 1.76 | 3.67 | top 3.4% | 1,349 / 41,674 | |
| 3×3 | 8.92 | 11.68 | top 4.7% | 2,670 / 60,666 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.99 | 6.94 | top 13.1% | 3,477 / 29,168 | |
| 4×4 | 46.24 | 52.53 | top 19.9% | 3,057 / 19,354 | |
| Megaminx | 1:18.21 | 1:28.01 | top 20.7% | 1,443 / 8,026 | |
| Skewb | 5.92 | 10.08 | top 25.2% | 4,133 / 19,164 | |
| Square-1 | 21.61 | 27.25 | top 31.7% | 2,074 / 6,846 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 25.00 | 32.64 | top 34.3% | 4,582 / 15,900 | |
| 5×5 | 1:57.17 | 2:14.41 | top 47.6% | 4,027 / 9,537 | |
| Clock | 23.49 | — | early days — 2 solves | 6,566 / 9,172 | |
| 6×6 | 5:24.41 | — | early days — 2 solves | 3,567 / 4,262 |
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
- 7 Oct 2023First sub-10 3×3: 8.92 at Slow N Steady Fall 2023.
- 7 Oct 2023Three personal bests in one day at Slow N Steady Fall 2023.
- 3 Jun 2023Three personal bests in one day at Cubing in the Lion's Den 2023.
- 25 Feb 2023Seven personal bests in one day at Pretzel Mania 2023.
- 13 Aug 2022First sub-15 3×3: 14.82 at Silver Spring Summer 2022.
- 11 Jun 2022First competition: Dunkirk Spring A 2022. A 19.47 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025 · 3 Jul 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Cumberland County Fall 2024 · 26 Oct 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Bethesda Summer Showdown 2024 · 29 Jun 2024 — 1 personal best set
- NoVa Cube Winter 2024 · 3 Feb 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Slow N Steady Fall 2023 · 7 Oct 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- CubingUSA Nationals 2023 · 27 Jul 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Cubing in the Lion's Den 2023 · 3 Jun 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Slow N Steady Spring 2023 · 15 Apr 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Pretzel Mania 2023 · 25 Feb 2023 — 7 personal bests set
- Slow N Steady Fall 2022 · 29 Oct 2022 — 2 personal bests set
- Silver Spring Summer 2022 · 13 Aug 2022 — 1 personal best set
- Dunkirk Spring A 2022 · 11 Jun 2022 — 1 personal best set
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.
- Hassan Khanani — met in 62 rounds, never finished ahead
- Wesley Chase — met in 51 rounds, finished ahead 6 times
- Zayn Khanani — met in 51 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,050 people have one; it is 0.76 away.
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 0.92 away.
Targets move as he improves.