People · United States
Ian Linder
2×2 · top 28.5% of 186,767 all-time · competing since November 2023 · 2023LIND36
Ian Linder has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 4.16, set at NoVa Cube Winter 2024, puts him in the top 28.5% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 11,306th in the United States. Across 3 competitions since November 2023, he has put 69 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one, an early reading from 5 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 18.11 in November 2023 to 16.23, a 10% improvement. Ian has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% 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 | 4.16 | 5.65 | top 28.5% | 11,306 / 40,951 | |
| 3×3 | 16.23 | 19.03 | top 28.6% | 15,647 / 59,724 | |
| Square-1 | 22.87 | 28.86 | top 34.4% | 2,234 / 6,743 | |
| 4×4 | 1:10.59 | 1:13.90 | top 47.5% | 7,908 / 19,072 | |
| 5×5 | 2:06.70 | 2:17.54 | top 53.4% | 4,504 / 9,401 | |
| 6×6 | 5:28.75 | — | early days — 1 solve | 3,555 / 4,196 |
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
- 10 Nov 2023First competition: Virginia Championship 2023. A 18.11 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- NoVa Cube Winter 2024 · 3 Feb 2024 — 1 personal best set
- MoCo Cubing Winter 2024 · 20 Jan 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Virginia Championship 2023 · 10 Nov 2023
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.
- Blake Thompson — met in 16 rounds, never finished ahead
- Will Callan — met in 16 rounds, never finished ahead
- Hassan Khanani — met in 16 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-4 2×2 single — 49,452 people have one; it is 0.16 away.
- A sub-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 1.23 away.
Targets move as he improves.