People · United States
Ian Nielson
2×2 · top 26.5% of 186,767 all-time · competing since January 2024 · 2024NIEL01
Ian Nielson has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 4.00, set at Minnesota Warm Up 2024, puts him in the top 26.5% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 10,457th in the United States. Across 8 competitions since January 2024, he has put 121 official solves on the record across seven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 23% around a typical one; 99% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. His 3×3 best has come down from 37.62 in January 2024 to 24.62, a 35% improvement. Ian has entered eight competitions, more competitions than 90% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 4.00 | 13.43 | top 26.5% | 10,457 / 40,951 | |
| 3×3 | 24.62 | 34.58 | top 51.8% | 30,253 / 59,724 | |
| Pyraminx | 11.87 | 16.31 | top 66.4% | 19,633 / 28,708 | |
| Clock | 21.74 | 29.61 | top 69.5% | 5,988 / 8,927 | |
| Skewb | 15.96 | 21.42 | top 81.2% | 15,540 / 18,907 | |
| Megaminx | 3:24.84 | — | early days — 2 solves | 6,535 / 7,841 | |
| 4×4 | 2:26.93 | — | early days — 2 solves | 17,403 / 19,072 |
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
- 16 Nov 2024First sub-30 3×3: 24.62 at SPAMtown III MN 2024.
- 27 Jan 2024First competition: Big Cube Battle of Waterloo 2024. A 37.62 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Big Cube Battle of Waterloo 2026 · 15 Aug 2026
- St. Ansgar 2025 · 5 Apr 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Cubing at Iowa State 2025 · 1 Mar 2025
- Big Cube Battle of Waterloo 2025 · 18 Jan 2025
- SPAMtown III MN 2024 · 16 Nov 2024 — 1 personal best set
- Minnesota Warm Up 2024 · 13 Jul 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Algs in Ankeny 2024 · 9 Mar 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Big Cube Battle of Waterloo 2024 · 27 Jan 2024
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.
- Chris Van Der Brink — met in 22 rounds, never finished ahead
- Kaius Young — met in 22 rounds, never finished ahead
- Eli Sanderson — met in 21 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 1.00 away.
- A sub-20 3×3 single — 113,584 people have one; it is 4.62 away.
Targets move as he improves.