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Ian Nanney

3×3 · top 9.9% of 284,439 all-time · competing since March 2014 · 2014NANN01

Ian Nanney has been competing for 12 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.80, set at UW Spring 2015, puts him in the top 9.9% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 5,360th in the United States. Until August 2006, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 8 competitions since March 2014, he has put 186 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one; 57% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 20.23 in March 2014 to 10.80, a 47% improvement. Ian has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 9.9% of 284,439 all-time
10.80
signature single · UW Spring 2015
186
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 57% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×310.8013.15
top 9.9%5,360 / 59,724
4×443.2747.51
top 16.1%2,443 / 19,072
7×73:27.503:43.55
top 18.9%535 / 3,184
5×51:21.341:26.31
top 20.2%1,576 / 9,401
6×62:35.902:51.57
top 28.6%1,012 / 4,196
2×24.235.46
top 29.5%11,692 / 40,951
3×3 Fewest Moves39 moves
early days — 2 solves969 / 2,040
3×3 one-handed41.6743.79
top 67.6%9,652 / 15,683

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

Cube Kingdom II 2014: 20.23Rose City Cubing Competition 2015: 13.09UW Spring 2015: 10.80Cubes4Speed MOX Summer 2015: 11.85Puget Sound Open 2015: 12.77US Nationals 2016: 13.15Puget Sound Winter 2017: 10.8610.8020.2315 Mar 201425 Feb 2017

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.

  • Ben Yu — met in 37 rounds, finished ahead 7 times
  • Jason Hunt — met in 29 rounds, finished ahead 20 times
  • Tyler Halgren — met in 26 rounds, finished ahead 18 times

Next targets

  • A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.80 away.
  • A sub-40 4×4 single — 10,180 people have one; it is 3.27 away.

Targets move as he improves.