People · United States
Ian Harkins
2×2 · top 11.6% of 186,767 all-time · competing since July 2023 · 2023HARK04
Ian Harkins has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.76, set at 5x5 on Madison Ice 2023, puts him in the top 11.6% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 4,548th in the United States. Across 9 competitions since July 2023, he has put 150 official solves on the record across five events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 82% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. That figure sets aside his 3 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 28.28 in July 2023 to 20.65, a 27% 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 | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 2.76 | 8.02 | top 11.6% | 4,548 / 40,951 | |
| 3×3 | 20.65 | 22.86 | top 41.8% | 23,843 / 59,724 | |
| Pyraminx | 9.04 | 13.24 | top 45.2% | 13,009 / 28,708 | |
| Skewb | 10.67 | 15.08 | top 59.0% | 10,820 / 18,907 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 1:13.43 | 1:37.07 | top 90.3% | 13,823 / 15,683 |
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
- 9 Dec 2023Four personal bests in one day at 5x5 on Madison Ice 2023.
- 8 Jul 2023First competition: OH in a Madison Ballroom 2023. A 30.48 3×3 single to start from.
- 8 Jul 2023First sub-30 3×3: 28.28 at OH in a Madison Ballroom 2023.
Competitions
- 3x3 in Madison 2026 · 8 May 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Wisconsin Championship 2025 · 4 Oct 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Skewb on the Madison Snow 2025 · 15 Feb 2025 — 1 personal best set
- 4x4 by Four Madison Lakes 2024 · 7 Dec 2024
- Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2024 · 18 Jul 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Middleton Meetup Tuesday 2023 · 19 Dec 2023
- 5x5 on Madison Ice 2023 · 9 Dec 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- Wisconsin Cubing Marathon 2023 · 26 Aug 2023 — 1 personal best set
- OH in a Madison Ballroom 2023 · 8 Jul 2023 — 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.
- Carter Kucala — met in 33 rounds, never finished ahead
- Zeke Mackay — met in 33 rounds, never finished ahead
- Brian Johnson — met in 30 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.76 away.
- A sub-20 3×3 single — 113,584 people have one; it is 0.65 away.
Targets move as he improves.