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Ian Gerleman

Pyraminx · top 15.4% of 129,321 all-time · competing since August 2015 · 2015GERL02

Ian Gerleman has been competing for 11 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 5.35, set at Leicestershire Autumn 2024, puts him in the top 15.4% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 4,050th in the United States. Across 20 competitions since August 2015, he has put 372 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 20% around a typical one; 99% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His Pyraminx best has come down from 20.57 in July 2016 to 5.35, a 74% improvement. Ian has entered 20 competitions, more competitions than 97% of everyone who has ever competed.

Pyraminx
best event — top 15.4% of 129,321 all-time
5.35
signature single · Leicestershire Autumn 2024
372
official solves on the record
20%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 99% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
Pyraminx5.358.74
top 15.4%4,050 / 28,708
2×24.626.16
top 34.5%13,730 / 40,951
3×321.6326.39
top 44.4%25,594 / 59,724
Skewb10.4613.62
top 57.8%10,554 / 18,907

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

Macclesfield Open 2016: 20.57Guildford Open 2016: 16.92Birmingham Open 2016: 12.73Newcastle-under-Lyme Open 2017: 16.85London Open 2017: 12.69UK Championship 2017: 10.56Peterborough Open 2018: 8.85UK Championship 2018: 8.15Manchester Open 2019: 8.49Manchester Open 2020: 8.80Kewbz UK Championship 2022: 8.94Stevenage January 2023: 6.64Lincolnshire Winter 2023: 7.03Stevenage May 2023: 8.13Suffolk Summer 2023: 7.21Rubik's UK Championship 2023: 8.06Leicestershire Autumn 2024: 5.35Rubik's UK Championship 2024: 7.865.3520.5730 Jul 20161 Nov 2024

Best single per competition, Pyraminx. 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-5 Pyraminx single — 17,019 people have one; it is 0.35 away.
  • A sub-4 2×2 single — 49,452 people have one; it is 0.62 away.

Targets move as he improves.