People · Indonesia
Ian Liong
2×2 · top 2.8% of 186,767 all-time · competing since February 2023 · 2023LION01
Ian Liong has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 1.65, set at New York Championship 2025, puts him in the top 2.8% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 62nd in Indonesia. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 46 competitions since February 2023, he has put 1,221 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 73% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 23.08 in February 2023 to 8.65, a 63% improvement. Ian has entered 46 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | Indonesia | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 1.65 | 3.11 | top 2.8% | 62 / 2,889 | |
| Skewb | 2.54 | 5.57 | top 3.1% | 21 / 935 | |
| 3×3 | 8.65 | 9.69 | top 4.1% | 151 / 4,145 | |
| 4×4 | 37.76 | 42.42 | top 9.5% | 127 / 1,479 | |
| Pyraminx | 4.99 | 8.51 | top 13.1% | 229 / 1,643 | |
| Clock | 7.87 | 10.98 | top 14.6% | 62 / 391 | |
| Square-1 | 16.85 | 21.32 | top 20.6% | 63 / 308 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 20.20 | 21.94 | top 21.0% | 265 / 1,441 | |
| 5×5 | 1:41.00 | 1:51.86 | top 36.1% | 217 / 624 | |
| Megaminx | 1:57.48 | 2:29.77 | top 44.3% | 187 / 341 | |
| 3×3 Fewest Moves | 45 moves | 47.00 | early days — 3 solves | 97 / 166 |
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
- 12 Oct 2025Four personal bests in one day at New York Championship 2025.
- 30 Aug 2025Three personal bests in one day at CubingUSA Mid-Atlantic Championship 2025.
- 7 Oct 2023Three personal bests in one day at CubingUSA New England Championship 2023.
- 26 Aug 2023First sub-10 3×3: 9.80 at Newark's On Track 2023.
- 26 Aug 2023Three personal bests in one day at Newark's On Track 2023.
- 15 Jul 2023Four personal bests in one day at Westport Warmup 2023.
Competitions
- Mid-Atlantic Speedcubing Championship 2026 · 14 Aug 2026
- Rubik's WCA North American Championship 2026 · 2 Jul 2026
- NAC Prep in Palisades 2026 · 20 Jun 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Side Events in Palisades 2026 · 5 Apr 2026
- Manhattan Megaminx Mayhem 2026 · 21 Mar 2026
- PBs in Palisades Open 2026 · 21 Feb 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Flushing Glow at Night II 2025 · 15 Dec 2025
- Brooklyn Waldorf Winter 2025 · 7 Dec 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Flushing Glow Autumn AM 2025 · 26 Oct 2025 — 1 personal best set
- New York Championship 2025 · 12 Oct 2025 — 4 personal bests set
- Westport Fall 2025 · 4 Oct 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Manhattan Megaminx Mayhem 2 2025 · 13 Sep 2025
- CubingUSA Mid-Atlantic Championship 2025 · 30 Aug 2025 — 3 personal bests set
- Brookhaven Summer 2025 · 23 Aug 2025
- Rubik's WCA World Championship 2025 · 3 Jul 2025
- Summit Summer 2025 · 15 Jun 2025
- PBs in Palisades Spring 2025 · 19 Apr 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- NYU Spring 2025 · 13 Apr 2025 — 1 personal best set
- PBs in Palisades Winter 2025 · 8 Mar 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Manhattan Megaminx Mayhem 2025 · 1 Mar 2025
- PBs in Palisades Open 2025 · 18 Jan 2025
- Long Island Side Events 2024 · 22 Dec 2024
- Manhattan Mini PM 2024 · 15 Dec 2024
- Flushing Open AM 2024 · 24 Nov 2024 — 1 personal best set
- An Afternoon in Nyack 2024 · 29 Sep 2024
- Side Events in Nyack 2024 · 28 Sep 2024 — 1 personal best set
- New York Championship 2024 · 14 Sep 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Pretzel Mania Summer 2024 · 31 Aug 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Westport Summer 2024 · 27 Jul 2024
- Newark Academy Spring 2024 · 2 Jun 2024
- Spring into Summit 2024 · 4 May 2024 — 1 personal best set
- NYU Winter 2024 · 2 Mar 2024
- PBs in Palisades 2024 · 17 Feb 2024
- New York New Year 2024 · 31 Dec 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Manhattan Mini D 2023 · 10 Dec 2023
- Hudson Valley 2023 · 19 Nov 2023 — 1 personal best set
- CubingUSA New England Championship 2023 · 7 Oct 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Pretzel Mania Summer 2023 · 2 Sep 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Newark's On Track 2023 · 26 Aug 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Mystic Cubikon 2023 · 20 Aug 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Westport Warmup 2023 · 15 Jul 2023 — 4 personal bests set
- GCU Spring 2023 · 6 May 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- PBs in Palisades 2023 · 15 Apr 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Empire State Spring 2023 · 8 Apr 2023 — 1 personal best set
- NJIT Spring 2023 · 18 Mar 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Northampton Winter A 2023 · 25 Feb 2023 — 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.
- Matthew Liong — met in 238 rounds, finished ahead 11 times · head to head
- Ayden Dincher — met in 220 rounds, finished ahead once
- Rex Ozsvath — met in 190 rounds, finished ahead 45 times
Next targets
- A sub-1 2×2 single — 1,032 people have one; it is 0.65 away.
- A sub-2 Skewb single — 1,013 people have one; it is 0.54 away.
Targets move as he improves.