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Ian Tsai

2×2 · top 12.7% of 186,767 all-time · competing since November 2014 · 2014TSAI01

Ian Tsai has been competing for 12 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.86, set at Cubetcha 2017, puts him in the top 12.7% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 4,976th in the United States. Across 3 competitions since November 2014, he has put 51 official solves on the record across four events. His 3×3 best has come down from 19.71 in November 2014 to 15.91, a 19% improvement. Ian has entered three competitions, more competitions than 69% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 12.7% of 186,767 all-time
2.86
signature single · Cubetcha 2017
51
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
2×22.865.10
top 12.7%4,976 / 40,951
3×315.9117.58
top 27.5%15,053 / 59,724
3×3 one-handed31.1851.88
top 49.3%6,769 / 15,683
Pyraminx10.3413.63
top 55.7%16,272 / 28,708

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

Cubetcha 2014: 19.71Minnesota Cube Melt 2015: 21.77Cubetcha 2017: 15.9115.9121.771 Nov 201428 Oct 2017

Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.

The story so far

  • 28 Oct 2017Three personal bests in one day at Cubetcha 2017.
  • 1 Nov 2014First competition: Cubetcha 2014. A 19.71 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 0.86 away.
  • A sub-15 3×3 single — 69,493 people have one; it is 0.91 away.

Targets move as he improves.