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Ian Lees

2×2 · top 4.7% of 189,179 all-time · competing since November 2021 · 2021LEES03

Ian Lees has been competing for 5 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.99, set at Pretzel Mania 2022, puts him in the top 4.7% of the 189,179 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 1,912th in the United States. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 29 competitions since November 2021, he has put 792 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 65% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 17.53 in November 2021 to 8.94, a 49% improvement. Ian has entered 29 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 4.7% of 189,179 all-time
1.99
signature single · Pretzel Mania 2022
792
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 65% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
2×21.993.70
top 4.7%1,912 / 41,674
3×38.9410.76
top 4.8%2,705 / 60,666
Pyraminx4.828.10
top 12.1%3,208 / 29,168
3×3 one-handed21.4529.36
top 24.5%3,191 / 15,900
Skewb6.0510.92
top 26.2%4,314 / 19,164
Megaminx1:41.561:49.68
top 35.6%2,600 / 8,026
Clock13.4014.16
top 41.3%3,380 / 9,172
4×41:10.501:17.04
top 47.4%8,009 / 19,354
3×3 blindfolded3:09.77—
top 55.1%1,188 / 2,128
5×52:48.41—
top 74.1%6,683 / 9,537

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

Slow N Steady Fall 2021: 17.53River Hill Spring 2022: 13.92Dunkirk Spring A 2022: 13.06Silver Spring Summer 2022: 10.90Pretzel Mania 2022: 12.12Think In Fink Fall 2022: 12.54Slow N Steady Fall 2022: 12.99TJHSST Spring 2023: 11.99Cubing in the Lion's Den 2023: 12.06CubingUSA Nationals 2023: 12.45Railroad City 2023: 10.11Slow N Steady Fall 2023: 11.10River Hill Fall 2023: 10.62Cubing in the Lion's Den 2024: 13.00UMBC Winter 2024: 11.15Slow N Steady Spring 2024: 9.87River Hill Spring 2024: 11.56Bethesda Summer Showdown 2024: 10.47Pretzel Mania Summer 2024: 10.27UMBC Fall 2024: 10.86River Hill Fall 2024: 10.64Bethesda Winter Wonderland 2025: 11.11PA-retzel Mania Winter 2025: 8.94Slow N Steady UMD Spring 2025: 10.97UMBC Spring 2025: 10.98Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025: 11.36More Cubing with the Cougars WV 2025: 9.62Berkeley Spring 2026: 9.70Berkeley Fall 2026: 9.278.9417.5320 Nov 202111 Oct 2026

Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.

The story so far

Competitions

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.

Next targets

  • A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,050 people have one; it is 0.99 away.
  • A sub-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 0.94 away.

Targets move as he improves.