People · United States
Ian Jones
3×3 · top 15.0% of 284,439 all-time · competing since August 2009 · 2009JONE03
Ian Jones has been competing for 17 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 12.32, set at Nisei Week Open 2010, puts him in the top 15.0% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 8,030th in the United States. Across 13 competitions since August 2009, he has put 279 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 52% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 30.62 in August 2009 to 12.32, a 60% improvement. Ian has entered 13 competitions, more competitions than 94% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 12.32 | 14.08 | top 15.0% | 8,030 / 59,724 | |
| 2×2 | 3.38 | 4.77 | top 18.7% | 7,342 / 40,951 | |
| Clock | 10.03 | 13.12 | top 25.2% | 1,932 / 8,927 | |
| Square-1 | 23.66 | 28.13 | top 36.2% | 2,353 / 6,743 | |
| 4×4 | 1:09.13 | 1:19.52 | top 46.0% | 7,646 / 19,072 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 33.63 | 38.65 | top 54.7% | 7,583 / 15,683 | |
| 5×5 | 2:13.21 | 2:26.56 | top 57.2% | 4,859 / 9,401 | |
| Pyraminx | 10.80 | 16.26 | top 59.0% | 17,321 / 28,708 |
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
- 6 Aug 2010Six personal bests in one day at United States Rubik's Cube Championships 2010.
- 29 May 2010Three personal bests in one day at San Diego Open 2010.
- 27 Feb 2010First sub-15 3×3: 14.53 at Caltech Winter 2010.
- 27 Feb 2010Four personal bests in one day at Caltech Winter 2010.
- 16 Jan 2010Four personal bests in one day at Bayview Hills Open 2010.
- 19 Dec 2009First sub-20 3×3: 17.69 at Discovery Science Center Winter 2009.
Competitions
- St. Francis Winter Open 2015 · 1 Feb 2015
- Caltech Winter 2011 · 12 Feb 2011 — 1 personal best set
- Caltech Fall 2010 · 13 Nov 2010 — 1 personal best set
- Marymount Open 2010 · 9 Oct 2010 — 1 personal best set
- Nisei Week Open 2010 · 21 Aug 2010 — 1 personal best set
- United States Rubik's Cube Championships 2010 · 6 Aug 2010 — 6 personal bests set
- San Diego Open 2010 · 29 May 2010 — 3 personal bests set
- Moose Lodge 2010 · 10 Apr 2010 — 2 personal bests set
- Caltech Winter 2010 · 27 Feb 2010 — 4 personal bests set
- Bayview Hills Open 2010 · 16 Jan 2010 — 4 personal bests set
- Discovery Science Center Winter 2009 · 19 Dec 2009 — 1 personal best set
- Caltech Fall competition 2009 · 24 Oct 2009 — 2 personal bests set
- Nisei Week Open 2009 · 22 Aug 2009
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.
- Steven Turner — met in 60 rounds, finished ahead 18 times
- Cameron Brown — met in 53 rounds, finished ahead 15 times
- Deven Nadudvari — met in 52 rounds, finished ahead 8 times
Next targets
- A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 0.32 away.
- A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.38 away.
Targets move as he improves.