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Ian Luies

2×2 · top 0.38% of 189,179 all-time · competing since May 2022 · 2022LUIE01

Ian Luies has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 0.90, set at Cubestuff Challenge Q2 2024, puts him in the top 0.38% of the 189,179 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2nd in South Africa. Until November 2011, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 29 competitions since May 2022, he has put 1,683 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 67% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 27.38 in May 2022 to 8.07, a 71% improvement. Ian has entered 29 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 0.38% of 189,179 all-time
0.90
signature single · Cubestuff Challenge Q2 2024
1,683
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 67% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingSouth Africa
2×20.903.41
top 0.38%2 / 1,525
3×38.0711.06
top 2.9%28 / 2,187
Pyraminx2.797.11
top 3.0%15 / 958
4×432.2238.64
top 4.4%14 / 495
3×3 one-handed13.6719.69
top 5.6%16 / 473
5×51:02.471:07.83
top 7.0%10 / 225
Clock5.936.59
top 7.0%9 / 153
Skewb4.006.89
top 11.0%44 / 444
6×62:10.222:23.31
top 15.6%11 / 87
Megaminx1:11.871:23.24
top 16.8%25 / 268
7×73:38.593:53.93
top 22.9%10 / 73
3×3 Fewest Moves34 moves40.33
top 26.9%14 / 54
Square-127.5937.14
top 44.8%51 / 121

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

Gauteng Autumn 2022: 27.38Inni-Horie-Fees Speedcubing 2022: 14.30Just Cube Joburg 2022: 12.52Crazy Cubing Centurion 2023: 13.29CubingZA National Championship 2023: 11.76Pretoria Spring Afternoon 2023: 11.67Cubestuff Challenge Q1 2024: 11.82Cubestuff Challenge Q2 2024: 12.36Cubestuff Challenge Centurion Q3 2024: 10.44Benoni Cubing Comeback 2024: 9.07Rubik's WCA African Championship 2024: 8.07Inni-Horie-Fees 2024: 11.52Cubestuff Challenge Q4 Menlyn Park 2024: 10.71CuBeaulieu Craze 2024: 9.89Cubestuff Challenge Centurion Hotel Q1 2025: 9.80CuBeaulieu Craze Comeback 2025: 10.52CubingZA Nationals 2025: 11.69Beginner & Blind Johannesburg 2025: 10.49Menlo Cubing Open 2025: 9.96Cubestuff Q4 Zwartkop 2025: 10.37Merry Twistmas Lynnwood 2025: 9.36Cubestuff Centurion Q2 2026: 9.38Cubestuff Grand Challenge - The Leonardo 2026: 11.96Cubestuff Challenge Centurion Q3 2026: 9.96Farrarmere Full Speed 2026: 11.65GAN WCA African Championship 2026: 8.818.0727.3815 May 202224 Sep 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-8 3×3 single — 8,101 people have one; it is 0.07 away.
  • A sub-2 Pyraminx single — 1,497 people have one; it is 0.79 away.

Targets move as he improves.