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Ian Fischer

Pyraminx · top 5.0% of 129,321 all-time · competing since January 2016 · 2016FISC01

Ian Fischer has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 3.37, set at US Nationals 2016, puts him in the top 5.0% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,294th in the United States. Until February 2008, no official Pyraminx solve in the world had been that fast. Across 16 competitions since January 2016, he has put 384 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 18% around a typical one; 98% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 30.30 in January 2016 to 12.38, a 59% improvement. Ian has entered 16 competitions, more competitions than 96% of everyone who has ever competed.

Pyraminx
best event — top 5.0% of 129,321 all-time
3.37
signature single · US Nationals 2016
384
official solves on the record
18%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 98% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
Pyraminx3.377.47
top 5.0%1,294 / 28,708
2×22.204.65
top 6.2%2,477 / 40,951
3×312.3816.91
top 15.2%8,126 / 59,724
Skewb6.098.08
top 26.4%4,301 / 18,907
Clock12.0415.48
top 35.1%2,783 / 8,927
Square-131.0948.85
top 51.3%3,364 / 6,743
3×3 one-handed32.8339.10
top 53.0%7,319 / 15,683
4×41:19.341:33.53
top 55.4%9,479 / 19,072
5×52:38.24
early days — 1 solve6,110 / 9,401
3×3 Fewest Moves49 moves
early days — 2 solves1,575 / 2,040

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

OKCubing 2016: 30.30Do the Cube at the DoSeum 2016: 16.39Austin Summer Open 2016: 22.37Cajun Cube Clash 2016: 17.31Houston Cube Blast 2016: 19.14US Nationals 2016: 19.73Oklahoma Fall 2016: 16.53Dallas Fall 2016: 18.31Dallas Winter Variation 2017: 15.97College Station Qualifier 2017: 14.77Don't Mess With Texas 2017: 14.73Texas Two-Day Showdown 2017: 15.19Southern Championships 2017: 14.64Wake Up Late 2017: 12.38Yeehaw 2017: 16.69Howdy Partner 2018: 17.7412.3830.3016 Jan 20163 Feb 2018

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 Pyraminx single — 4,700 people have one; it is 0.37 away.
  • A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.20 away.

Targets move as he improves.