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Ian Machemer

2×2 · top 53.0% of 186,767 all-time · competing since December 2014 · 2014MACH09

Ian Machemer has been competing for 12 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 6.21, set at MIT Spring 2015, puts him in the top 53.0% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 21,628th in the United States. Across 4 competitions since December 2014, he has put 35 official solves on the record across two events. His 3×3 best has come down from 42.21 in December 2014 to 26.28, a 38% improvement. Ian has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 53.0% of 186,767 all-time
6.21
signature single · MIT Spring 2015
35
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
2×26.218.86
top 53.0%21,628 / 40,951
3×326.2829.87
top 55.4%32,608 / 59,724

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

MIT Fall 2014: 42.21MIT Spring 2015: 27.52MIT Fall 2015: 27.59Lexington Summer 2016: 26.2826.2842.216 Dec 201425 Jun 2016

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-6 2×2 single — 95,042 people have one; it is 0.21 away.
  • A sub-25 3×3 single — 149,621 people have one; it is 1.28 away.

Targets move as he improves.