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Ian Smudde

3×3 · top 77.9% of 284,439 all-time · competing since April 2008 · 2008SMUD01

Ian Smudde has been competing for 18 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 40.91, set at Da Vinci Science Center competition 2008, puts him in the top 77.9% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 47,583rd in the United States. Across 2 competitions since April 2008, he has put 22 official solves on the record across three events. Ian has entered two competitions.

3×3
best event — top 77.9% of 284,439 all-time
40.91
signature single · Da Vinci Science Center competition 2008
22
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×340.9142.86
top 77.9%47,583 / 59,724
2×210.2212.09
top 78.8%32,643 / 40,951
3×3 one-handed1:31.22
early days — 2 solves14,754 / 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

Cornell Spring competition 2008: 42.44Da Vinci Science Center competition 2008: 40.9140.9142.4419 Apr 200814 Jun 2008

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-40 3×3 single — 218,634 people have one; it is 0.91 away.
  • A sub-10 2×2 single — 145,545 people have one; it is 0.22 away.

Targets move as he improves.