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Ian Newman

3×3 · top 18.0% of 284,439 all-time · competing since July 2022 · 2022NEWM02

Ian Newman has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 13.16, set at Indiana Finally Returns 2023, puts him in the top 18.0% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 9,626th in the United States. Across 6 competitions since July 2022, he has put 118 official solves on the record across ten events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 11% around a typical one, steadier than 90% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 21.19 in July 2022 to 13.16, a 38% improvement. Ian has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 18.0% of 284,439 all-time
13.16
signature single · Indiana Finally Returns 2023
118
official solves on the record
11%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 90% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×313.1619.79
top 18.0%9,626 / 59,724
Pyraminx7.6910.63
top 33.6%9,475 / 28,708
Skewb9.4114.68
top 51.2%9,180 / 18,907
4×41:16.321:33.68
top 52.8%8,956 / 19,072
3×3 one-handed32.9041.18
top 53.2%7,350 / 15,683
2×26.608.02
top 57.0%23,304 / 40,951
5×53:19.00
early days — 2 solves7,719 / 9,401
Square-11:02.99
early days — 2 solves5,748 / 6,743
Clock35.03
early days — 2 solves8,017 / 8,927
3×3 Fewest Moves61 moves
early days — 2 solves1,939 / 2,040

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

NxNaperville 2022: 21.19Cubing in the Ville 2022: 17.94FMC in a Gem City Temple 2023: 18.39Indiana Finally Returns 2023: 13.16Little Giant Open 2023: 17.16Mason Cube Challenge 2023: 18.4313.1621.1916 Jul 202212 Aug 2023

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-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 1.16 away.
  • A sub-6 Pyraminx single — 25,870 people have one; it is 1.69 away.

Targets move as he improves.