People · United States
Ian Lawson
3×3 · top 1.3% of 284,439 all-time · competing since May 2022 · 2022LAWS01
Ian Lawson has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 6.96, set at Idaho Championship 2024, puts him in the top 1.3% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 788th in the United States. Until November 2010, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 14 competitions since May 2022, he has put 620 official solves on the record across nine events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 54% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 9.23 in May 2022 to 6.96, a 25% improvement. Ian has entered 14 competitions, more competitions than 95% 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 | 6.96 | 9.25 | top 1.3% | 788 / 59,724 | |
| 5×5 | 52.48 | 56.91 | top 2.5% | 196 / 9,401 | |
| 4×4 | 31.17 | 32.60 | top 3.6% | 572 / 19,072 | |
| 6×6 | 1:49.05 | 1:59.41 | top 6.8% | 234 / 4,196 | |
| 2×2 | 2.45 | 3.33 | top 8.4% | 3,319 / 40,951 | |
| 7×7 | 3:09.73 | 3:20.48 | top 13.2% | 361 / 3,184 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 18.49 | 21.92 | top 16.4% | 2,122 / 15,683 | |
| Skewb | 5.30 | 8.47 | top 20.5% | 3,269 / 18,907 | |
| Square-1 | 18.51 | 22.32 | top 24.6% | 1,625 / 6,743 |
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
- 1 Nov 2025Four personal bests in one day at Idaho Championship 2025.
- 21 Sep 2024Four personal bests in one day at Utah Cubing with Culture 2024.
- 8 Jun 2024Three personal bests in one day at Big n Skewb Boise 2024.
- 19 Nov 2022Three personal bests in one day at Posthaste Potato Solving 2022.
- 7 May 2022First competition: Going Slow in Idaho 2022. A 12.95 3×3 single to start from.
- 7 May 2022First sub-10 3×3: 9.23 at Going Slow in Idaho 2022.
Competitions
- Gem State Side Events Idaho 2026 · 25 Jul 2026
- Idaho Championship 2025 · 1 Nov 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Utah State University Fall 2025 · 18 Oct 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Boise One-Handed Blitz 2025 · 2 Aug 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Rexburg Rumble 2025 · 12 Apr 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Southwest Idaho Newcomers 2025 · 8 Mar 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Idaho Championship 2024 · 2 Nov 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Snake River Speedsolving 2024 · 19 Oct 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Utah Cubing with Culture 2024 · 21 Sep 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- Big n Skewb Boise 2024 · 8 Jun 2024 — 3 personal bests set
- Back in Boise 2024 · 2 Mar 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Burley Summer 2023 · 12 Aug 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Posthaste Potato Solving 2022 · 19 Nov 2022 — 3 personal bests set
- Going Slow in Idaho 2022 · 7 May 2022 — 2 personal bests 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.
- Damian Wilding — met in 108 rounds, finished ahead 73 times
- Cade Beck — met in 93 rounds, finished ahead 53 times
- Evan Beck — met in 80 rounds, finished ahead 26 times
Next targets
- A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 0.96 away.
- A sub-50 5×5 single — 713 people have one; it is 2.48 away.
Targets move as he improves.