People · United States
Ian Valdez
3×3 · top 69.5% of 288,433 all-time · competing since November 2014 · 2014VALD05
Ian Valdez has been competing for 12 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 34.25, set at Poly Cubed 2016, puts him in the top 69.5% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 42,606th in the United States. Across 6 competitions since November 2014, he has put 56 official solves on the record across four events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 19% around a typical one, an early reading from 5 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 41.12 in November 2014 to 34.25, a 17% improvement. Ian has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United States | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 34.25 | 46.88 | top 69.5% | 42,606 / 60,666 | |
| 2×2 | 8.76 | 12.48 | top 72.2% | 30,332 / 41,674 | |
| Pyraminx | 13.82 | 19.40 | top 77.0% | 23,163 / 29,168 | |
| 4×4 | 2:34.29 | — | early days — 2 solves | 17,991 / 19,354 |
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
- 7 May 2016Three personal bests in one day at Poly Cubed 2016.
- 8 Nov 2014First competition: Caltech Fall Open 2014. A 41.12 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- SacCubing III 2018 · 27 Jan 2018
- Poly Cubed 2016 · 7 May 2016 — 3 personal bests set
- St. Francis II: GYM 2016 · 24 Apr 2016
- Caltech Fall 2015 · 21 Nov 2015
- St. Francis Winter Open 2015 · 1 Feb 2015
- Caltech Fall Open 2014 · 8 Nov 2014
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.
- Chris Martin — met in 11 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Nathan Soria — met in 11 rounds, never finished ahead
- Jungwoo Kim (김정우) — met in 11 rounds, never finished ahead
Next targets
- A sub-30 3×3 single — 180,530 people have one; it is 4.25 away.
- A sub-8 2×2 single — 128,257 people have one; it is 0.76 away.
Targets move as he improves.