People · United States
Ian Skolfield
2×2 · top 30.2% of 186,767 all-time · competing since January 2024 · 2024SKOL01
Ian Skolfield has been competing for 3 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 4.29, set at WPI Spring 2025, puts him in the top 30.2% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 12,017th in the United States. Across 9 competitions since January 2024, he has put 111 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 17% around a typical one, an early reading from 9 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 55.66 in January 2024 to 21.84, a 61% improvement. Ian has entered nine competitions, more competitions than 91% 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 | 4.29 | 8.02 | top 30.2% | 12,017 / 40,951 | |
| 3×3 | 21.84 | 30.62 | top 45.0% | 25,933 / 59,724 | |
| Pyraminx | 10.90 | 12.09 | top 59.8% | 17,562 / 28,708 | |
| 4×4 | 4:04.61 | — | early days — 2 solves | 19,004 / 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
- 3 May 2025First sub-30 3×3: 25.10 at WPI Spring 2025.
- 21 Jan 2024First competition: Rhode Island Winter 2024. A 55.66 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Saint John's Summer 2026 · 13 Jun 2026
- Loon Cubikon NH 2025 · 16 Nov 2025
- Saint John's Warm Up 2025 · 7 Jun 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- WPI Spring 2025 · 3 May 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- Cubing at Hampton Beach 2025 · 18 Jan 2025
- The Battle of Lexington 2025 · 11 Jan 2025 — 2 personal bests set
- A Morning in Cambridge 2024 · 1 Jun 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Quabbin Newcomers 2024 · 30 Mar 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- Rhode Island Winter 2024 · 21 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.
- Ryan Durette — met in 20 rounds, never finished ahead
- Derek White — met in 18 rounds, never finished ahead
- Ethan Zhuang — met in 18 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-4 2×2 single — 49,452 people have one; it is 0.29 away.
- A sub-20 3×3 single — 113,584 people have one; it is 1.84 away.
Targets move as he improves.