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Ian Nielsen
Pyraminx · top 17.9% of 129,321 all-time · competing since March 2023 · 2023NIEL02
Ian Nielsen has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the Pyraminx: a personal-best single of 5.71, set at Oredigger Fall CO 2025, puts him in the top 17.9% of the 129,321 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 4,735th in the United States. Across 16 competitions since March 2023, he has put 231 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 74% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 31.53 in March 2023 to 16.06, a 49% improvement. Ian has entered 16 competitions, more competitions than 96% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyraminx | 5.71 | 13.69 | top 17.9% | 4,735 / 28,708 | |
| 3×3 | 16.06 | 20.98 | top 28.0% | 15,315 / 59,724 | |
| 2×2 | 4.33 | 7.95 | top 30.7% | 12,233 / 40,951 | |
| Clock | 15.70 | 19.98 | top 50.7% | 4,139 / 8,927 | |
| 4×4 | 1:22.66 | 1:40.17 | top 58.0% | 10,022 / 19,072 | |
| Skewb | 16.24 | 22.51 | top 82.0% | 15,723 / 18,907 |
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
Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 8 Mar 2025First sub-20 3×3: 18.38 at Oredigger Open CO 2025.
- 3 Nov 2023First sub-30 3×3: 27.05 at CubingUSA Rocky Mountain Championship 2023.
- 3 Nov 2023Three personal bests in one day at CubingUSA Rocky Mountain Championship 2023.
- 4 Mar 2023First competition: Mile High Megacomp 2023. A 31.53 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Rocky Mountain Championship 2026 · 21 Aug 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Denver Mini 2026 · 16 May 2026 — 1 personal best set
- Pi Day Cubing CO 2026 · 14 Mar 2026 — 2 personal bests set
- Unorthodox Blocks 5 CO 2026 · 21 Feb 2026
- Oredigger Open CO 2026 · 8 Feb 2026
- Oredigger Fall CO 2025 · 22 Nov 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Longmont Open 2025 · 19 Apr 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Happy Crew CO 2025 · 29 Mar 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Oredigger Open CO 2025 · 8 Mar 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- A Little Fun in Littleton Colorado 2025 · 18 Jan 2025 — 1 personal best set
- Unorthodox Blocks CO 2 2024 · 23 Nov 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Colorado Cold Hands Showdown 2023 · 2 Dec 2023 — 1 personal best set
- CubingUSA Rocky Mountain Championship 2023 · 3 Nov 2023 — 3 personal bests set
- Colorado Mountain Tour - Frisco 2023 · 11 Jun 2023
- Colorado Mountain Tour - Golden 2023 · 10 Jun 2023 — 2 personal bests set
- Mile High Megacomp 2023 · 4 Mar 2023
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.
- Evan Wilson — met in 50 rounds, never finished ahead
- Stone Amsbaugh — met in 49 rounds, never finished ahead
- Luke Ripperger — met in 45 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-5 Pyraminx single — 17,019 people have one; it is 0.71 away.
- A sub-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 1.06 away.
Targets move as he improves.