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Ian Malewski

2×2 · top 10.5% of 186,767 all-time · competing since December 2018 · 2018MALE05

Ian Malewski has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.66, set at CubingUSA Nationals 2019, puts him in the top 10.5% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 4,132nd in the United States. Across 8 competitions since December 2018, he has put 152 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 87% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 24.54 in December 2018 to 18.01, a 27% improvement. Ian has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 10.5% of 186,767 all-time
2.66
signature single · CubingUSA Nationals 2019
152
official solves on the record
11%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 87% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
2×22.664.70
top 10.5%4,132 / 40,951
Skewb5.629.18
top 22.9%3,654 / 18,907
Pyraminx7.7311.12
top 34.0%9,587 / 28,708
3×318.0124.55
top 34.1%19,021 / 59,724
4×41:15.031:29.61
top 51.6%8,720 / 19,072
3×3 one-handed53.53
top 79.7%11,776 / 15,683
5×53:10.38
early days — 3 solves7,425 / 9,401
Megaminx3:33.65
early days — 1 solve6,748 / 7,841
Clock37.63
early days — 2 solves8,213 / 8,927
Square-11:22.88
top 93.6%6,360 / 6,743
6×67:23.40
early days — 1 solve4,035 / 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

Pittsburgh Open 2018: 24.54Arnold Classic North America 2019: 24.81Pittsburgh Spring 2019: 20.15Upstate Cubing 2019: 20.63Pittsburgh Summer 2019: 23.47CubingUSA Nationals 2019: 22.77Kent Fall 2019: 21.46Pittsburgh Fall 2019: 18.0118.0124.818 Dec 20187 Dec 2019

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-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.66 away.
  • A sub-5 Skewb single — 13,285 people have one; it is 0.62 away.

Targets move as he improves.