People · Netherlands
Ian Hamburg
3×3 · top 12.5% of 284,439 all-time · competing since June 2017 · 2017HAMB01
Ian Hamburg has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 11.59, set at Rijswijk Open 2019, puts him in the top 12.5% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 348th in the Netherlands. Across 9 competitions since June 2017, he has put 258 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 91% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 31.91 in June 2017 to 11.59, a 64% improvement. Ian has entered nine competitions, more competitions than 91% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Netherlands | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 11.59 | 15.64 | top 12.5% | 348 / 2,294 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.37 | 14.09 | top 22.8% | 399 / 1,283 | |
| 2×2 | 3.98 | 6.46 | top 26.2% | 605 / 1,665 | |
| 4×4 | 55.70 | 1:04.35 | top 31.6% | 299 / 1,000 | |
| Square-1 | 31.04 | 49.01 | top 51.3% | 200 / 407 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 2:59.13 | — | early days — 2 solves | 61 / 132 | |
| Skewb | 11.54 | 17.41 | top 63.7% | 641 / 957 | |
| 5×5 | 2:39.13 | — | top 70.1% | 372 / 532 |
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
- 8 Dec 2019First sub-15 3×3: 11.59 at Rijswijk Open 2019.
- 10 Nov 2018Four personal bests in one day at Meppel Open 2018.
- 17 Aug 2018First sub-20 3×3: 19.70 at Zwolle Open 2018.
- 17 Aug 2018Six personal bests in one day at Zwolle Open 2018.
- 19 Aug 2017First sub-30 3×3: 24.23 at Zwolle Open 2017.
- 10 Jun 2017First competition: Breda Open 2017. A 31.91 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Dutch Winter North 2024 · 14 Jan 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Veenendaal Open 2020 · 19 Sep 2020
- Dutch Masters 2020 · 1 Feb 2020
- Rijswijk Open 2019 · 8 Dec 2019 — 1 personal best set
- Happy New Year Cubing Nijmegen 2019 · 5 Jan 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Meppel Open 2018 · 10 Nov 2018 — 4 personal bests set
- Zwolle Open 2018 · 17 Aug 2018 — 6 personal bests set
- Zwolle Open 2017 · 19 Aug 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- Breda Open 2017 · 10 Jun 2017
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.
- Daniël Kassab — met in 59 rounds, never finished ahead
- Robin Verstraten — met in 59 rounds, never finished ahead
- Mark Bennis — met in 55 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 1.59 away.
- A sub-6 Pyraminx single — 25,870 people have one; it is 0.37 away.
Targets move as he improves.