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Ian Southa

Square-1 · top 0.7% of 25,272 all-time · competing since January 2018 · 2018SOUT01

Ian Southa has been competing for 9 years. His best event is the Square-1: a personal-best single of 5.86, set at Cubetcha 2019, puts him in the top 0.7% of the 25,272 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 62nd in the United States. Until September 2017, no official Square-1 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 30 competitions since January 2018, he has put 1,612 official solves on the record across 13 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 75% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 18.55 in January 2018 to 7.70, a 58% improvement. Ian has entered 30 competitions, more competitions than 98% of everyone who has ever competed.

Square-1
best event — top 0.7% of 25,272 all-time
5.86
signature single · Cubetcha 2019
1,612
official solves on the record
12%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 75% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
Square-15.866.94
top 0.7%62 / 6,743
3×37.708.98
top 2.3%1,341 / 59,724
4×429.3235.10
top 2.4%399 / 19,072
5×553.4857.82
top 2.8%232 / 9,401
Skewb2.563.97
top 3.1%478 / 18,907
2×21.993.60
top 4.7%1,867 / 40,951
6×61:48.691:53.26
top 6.7%228 / 4,196
3×3 one-handed14.8219.33
top 7.8%1,040 / 15,683
7×72:50.473:02.57
top 8.0%212 / 3,184
Clock6.638.53
top 9.6%738 / 8,927
Pyraminx4.476.92
top 10.1%2,619 / 28,708
3×3 Fewest Moves34 moves42.67
top 26.7%586 / 2,040
Megaminx1:31.101:38.11
top 28.9%2,011 / 7,841

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

North Star Cubing Challenge 2018: 18.55CubingUSA Heartland Championship 2018: 17.93South Dakota First 2018: 13.08Minnesota Cube Melt 2018: 10.59Sioux Falls Summer 2018: 11.55Cubetcha 2018: 10.25Wiscube 2018: 11.23Mega Minnesota Winter 2018: 9.53North Star Cubing Challenge 2019: 11.18CubingUSA Heartland Championship 2019: 10.15Minnesota Cube Melt 2019: 10.40CubingUSA Great Lakes Championship 2019: 9.74Minnesota Qualifier 2019: 9.85CubingUSA Nationals 2019: 9.01Sioux Fall 2019: 8.21Cubetcha 2019: 8.27Mega Minnesota Winter 2019: 7.98North Star Cubing Challenge 2020: 7.70Cubetcha A 2021: 9.32Sioux Falls Winter 2021: 8.25North Star Cubing Challenge 2022: 7.98Minnesota Cube Melt 2022: 8.63CubingUSA Heartland Championship 2022: 8.00Sioux Falls Spring 2022: 8.81NxN Minnesota 2022: 8.14Cubetcha 2022: 7.957.7018.5527 Jan 20188 Oct 2022

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-5 Square-1 single — 68 people have one; it is 0.86 away.
  • A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.70 away.

Targets move as he improves.