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Ian Phipps

2×2 · top 13.9% of 186,767 all-time · competing since June 2013 · 2013PHIP02

Ian Phipps has been competing for 13 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.97, set at Indiana 2014, puts him in the top 13.9% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 5,459th in the United States. Across 3 competitions since June 2013, he has put 44 official solves on the record across four events. His 2×2 best has come down from 8.73 in June 2013 to 2.97, a 66% improvement. Ian has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 13.9% of 186,767 all-time
2.97
signature single · Indiana 2014
44
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
2×22.977.67
top 13.9%5,459 / 40,951
Pyraminx10.0214.60
top 53.1%15,511 / 28,708
3×331.3037.31
top 64.8%38,802 / 59,724
4×42:27.31
top 91.1%17,427 / 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

New Albany 2013: 8.73Indiana 2013: 8.97Indiana 2014: 2.972.978.9715 Jun 201323 Aug 2014

Best single per competition, 2×2. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.

The story so far

  • 23 Aug 2014Three personal bests in one day at Indiana 2014.
  • 15 Jun 2013First competition: New Albany 2013. A 33.34 3×3 single to start from.

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-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.97 away.
  • A sub-10 Pyraminx single — 68,530 people have one; it is 0.02 away.

Targets move as he improves.