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Ian Pang

3×3 · top 5.9% of 284,439 all-time · competing since January 2019 · 2019PANG01

Ian Pang has been competing for 8 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 9.44, set at Downtown Vancouver Winter 2020, puts him in the top 5.9% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 570th in Canada. Until February 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 3 competitions since January 2019, he has put 71 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one, an early reading from 7 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 11.24 in January 2019 to 9.44, a 16% improvement. Ian has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 5.9% of 284,439 all-time
9.44
signature single · Downtown Vancouver Winter 2020
71
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingCanada
3×39.4411.26
top 5.9%570 / 10,392
2×23.065.76
top 14.9%1,003 / 7,173
Pyraminx6.4311.25
top 23.3%997 / 4,858
4×457.131:06.76
top 33.3%882 / 3,118
3×3 one-handed32.5639.47
top 52.4%1,218 / 2,620
5×52:55.93
early days — 2 solves1,055 / 1,499

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

UBC Open 2019: 11.24UBC Open 2020: 10.18Downtown Vancouver Winter 2020: 9.449.4411.245 Jan 20198 Feb 2020

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-8 3×3 single — 7,931 people have one; it is 1.44 away.
  • A sub-3 2×2 single — 26,570 people have one; it is 0.06 away.

Targets move as he improves.