People · United States
Ian Gilham
Clock · top 8.3% of 32,048 all-time · competing since June 2017 · 2017GILH01
Ian Gilham has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the Clock: a personal-best single of 6.30, set at Dunwoody Day Bash 2019, puts him in the top 8.3% of the 32,048 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 648th in the United States. Until August 2010, no official Clock solve in the world had been that fast. Across 16 competitions since June 2017, he has put 469 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 57% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 21.63 in June 2017 to 13.18, a 39% improvement. Ian has entered 16 competitions, more competitions than 96% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clock | 6.30 | 8.46 | top 8.3% | 648 / 8,927 | |
| 2×2 | 2.72 | 5.60 | top 11.1% | 4,396 / 40,951 | |
| Square-1 | 13.51 | 20.08 | top 13.0% | 894 / 6,743 | |
| Pyraminx | 5.50 | 8.18 | top 16.4% | 4,365 / 28,708 | |
| 3×3 | 13.18 | 16.51 | top 18.1% | 9,664 / 59,724 | |
| 4×4 | 52.41 | 1:03.92 | top 27.7% | 4,288 / 19,072 | |
| Megaminx | 1:39.00 | 2:02.67 | top 34.0% | 2,419 / 7,841 | |
| 5×5 | 1:43.26 | 1:58.00 | top 37.8% | 3,017 / 9,401 | |
| Skewb | 8.05 | 10.22 | top 41.7% | 7,258 / 18,907 | |
| 6×6 | 3:58.92 | 4:15.42 | top 65.0% | 2,519 / 4,196 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 42.32 | 53.01 | top 68.5% | 9,811 / 15,683 | |
| 7×7 | 6:48.01 | 7:03.92 | top 78.0% | 2,440 / 3,184 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 6:52.45 | — | early days — 1 solve | 1,898 / 2,092 |
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
- 2 Feb 2019Three personal bests in one day at Dunwoody Day Bash 2019.
- 14 Dec 2018Three personal bests in one day at CubingUSA Georgia Championship 2018.
- 22 Sep 2018Three personal bests in one day at Cobb Cubes Again 2018.
- 14 Jul 2018First sub-15 3×3: 14.56 at GA Cubers Summer Blast 2018.
- 14 Jul 2018Four personal bests in one day at GA Cubers Summer Blast 2018.
- 21 Apr 2018Three personal bests in one day at Rocket City 3.0 2018.
Competitions
- Mississippi Cubing Dawgs 2024 · 24 Aug 2024
- T-Town Showdown AL 2024 · 10 Aug 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Bama Big Cubes 2024 · 16 Jun 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Where's Loganville 2019 · 27 Jul 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Georgia Goobers 2019 · 29 Jun 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Peach State 2019 · 25 May 2019
- Terminus 2019 · 30 Mar 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Dunwoody Day Bash 2019 · 2 Feb 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- CubingUSA Georgia Championship 2018 · 14 Dec 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- Cobb Cubes Again 2018 · 22 Sep 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- GA Cubers Summer Blast 2018 · 14 Jul 2018 — 4 personal bests set
- Rocket City 3.0 2018 · 21 Apr 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- Classic City Closer 2018 · 25 Mar 2018 — 3 personal bests set
- Rocket City 2.0 2017 · 14 Oct 2017 — 3 personal bests set
- Music City Fall 2017 · 15 Sep 2017 — 1 personal best set
- Windsor Classic 2017 · 24 Jun 2017 — 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.
- Katie Hull — met in 96 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
- Jared Stinson — met in 84 rounds, finished ahead 11 times
- Jacob Ambrose — met in 84 rounds, finished ahead 5 times
Next targets
- A sub-6 Clock single — 2,324 people have one; it is 0.30 away.
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.72 away.
Targets move as he improves.