People · United States
Ian Krueger
3×3 · top 4.5% of 288,433 all-time · competing since January 2017 · 2017KRUE01
Ian Krueger has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 8.82, set at Montenegro Nationals 2019, puts him in the top 4.5% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,531st in the United States. Until May 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 12 competitions since January 2017, he has put 302 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 79% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 16.17 in January 2017 to 8.82, a 45% improvement. Ian has entered twelve 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 | 8.82 | 10.60 | top 4.5% | 2,531 / 60,666 | |
| 4×4 | 39.72 | 45.23 | top 11.9% | 1,782 / 19,354 | |
| 2×2 | 2.79 | 4.32 | top 12.0% | 4,791 / 41,674 | |
| Skewb | 5.19 | 9.99 | top 19.7% | 3,170 / 19,164 | |
| Square-1 | 18.20 | 24.43 | top 23.9% | 1,589 / 6,846 | |
| Pyraminx | 6.75 | 8.62 | top 25.8% | 7,185 / 29,168 | |
| 5×5 | 1:29.05 | 1:41.07 | top 26.6% | 2,102 / 9,537 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 28.42 | 32.63 | top 43.0% | 5,876 / 15,900 |
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
- 20 Jul 2019Three personal bests in one day at 3rd Coast Cubing 2019.
- 20 Jan 2019Three personal bests in one day at Michigan Cubing Club Alpha 2019.
- 10 Nov 2018First sub-10 3×3: 9.89 at Michigan Cubing Club Delta 2018.
- 7 Jul 2017First sub-15 3×3: 12.86 at CubingUSA Nationals 2017.
- 21 Jan 2017First competition: Michigan Cubing Club Alpha 2017. A 19.98 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Montenegro Nationals 2019 · 9 Nov 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- 3rd Coast Cubing 2019 · 20 Jul 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Michigan Cubing Club Beta 2019 · 14 Apr 2019 — 2 personal bests set
- Michigan Cubing Club Alpha 2019 · 20 Jan 2019 — 3 personal bests set
- Michigan Cubing Club Delta 2018 · 10 Nov 2018 — 2 personal bests set
- CubingUSA Great Lakes Championship 2018 · 18 May 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Michigan Cubing Club Beta 2018 · 3 Mar 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Michigan Cubing Club Alpha 2018 · 13 Jan 2018 — 1 personal best set
- Michigan Cubing Club Delta 2017 · 14 Oct 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- CubingUSA Nationals 2017 · 7 Jul 2017 — 2 personal bests set
- Michigan Cubing Club Beta 2017 · 18 Mar 2017
- Michigan Cubing Club Alpha 2017 · 21 Jan 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.
- Yuxuan Chen — met in 48 rounds, finished ahead 23 times
- James Hildreth — met in 46 rounds, finished ahead 13 times
- Blake Thompson — met in 45 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 0.82 away.
- A sub-30 4×4 single — 2,465 people have one; it is 9.72 away.
Targets move as he improves.