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Ian Scahel

3×3 · top 19.8% of 284,439 all-time · competing since June 2013 · 2013SCAH01

Ian Scahel has been competing for 13 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 13.66, set at Bulldog Qualifier 2019, puts him in the top 19.8% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 10,636th in the United States. Across 4 competitions since June 2013, he has put 51 official solves on the record across six events. His 3×3 best has come down from 16.57 in June 2013 to 13.66, an 18% improvement. Ian has entered four competitions, more competitions than 78% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 19.8% of 284,439 all-time
13.66
signature single · Bulldog Qualifier 2019
51
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×313.6616.04
top 19.8%10,636 / 59,724
2×24.345.70
top 30.9%12,287 / 40,951
4×41:17.591:32.42
top 53.9%9,166 / 19,072
Pyraminx14.2522.59
top 78.9%23,362 / 28,708
5×53:08.72
early days — 2 solves7,355 / 9,401
3×3 one-handed57.91
early days — 3 solves12,344 / 15,683

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: 16.57Great Lakes Cubing Competition 2015: 20.16Michigan Cubing Club Beta 2017: 16.47Bulldog Qualifier 2019: 13.6613.6620.1615 Jun 201322 Jun 2019

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 1.66 away.
  • A sub-4 2×2 single — 49,452 people have one; it is 0.34 away.

Targets move as he improves.