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Ian Walter

2×2 · top 11.5% of 186,767 all-time · competing since June 2024 · 2024WALT09

Ian Walter has been competing for 2 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.75, set at Arkansas Championship 2025, puts him in the top 11.5% of the 186,767 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 4,506th in the United States. Across 11 competitions since June 2024, he has put 327 official solves on the record across 14 events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 16% around a typical one; 90% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds hold a tighter spread. That figure sets aside his 4 DNFs. His 3×3 best has come down from 29.80 in June 2024 to 12.39, a 58% improvement. Ian has entered eleven competitions, more competitions than 93% of everyone who has ever competed.

2×2
best event — top 11.5% of 186,767 all-time
2.75
signature single · Arkansas Championship 2025
327
official solves on the record
16%
solve-to-solve spread · wider than 90% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
2×22.755.05
top 11.5%4,506 / 40,951
Clock7.3810.93
top 12.5%958 / 8,927
Skewb4.468.17
top 14.2%2,209 / 18,907
Square-114.2022.55
top 14.5%985 / 6,743
3×312.3914.79
top 15.2%8,155 / 59,724
Pyraminx5.389.40
top 15.6%4,105 / 28,708
4×452.531:00.17
top 27.8%4,304 / 19,072
Megaminx1:46.391:56.66
top 38.4%2,752 / 7,841
3×3 one-handed27.0234.50
top 39.4%5,245 / 15,683
3×3 blindfolded2:31.25
early days — 3 solves930 / 2,092
5×51:54.382:16.08
top 45.6%3,762 / 9,401
3×3 Fewest Moves43 moves46.33
top 59.0%1,251 / 2,040
6×63:58.244:01.95
top 64.8%2,511 / 4,196
7×77:39.99
early days — 2 solves2,737 / 3,184

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

Don't Pop Austin 2024: 29.80Richardson Cubing Afternoon 2024: 29.50DFW Back to School 2024: 17.16Brazos Cubing Fall 2024: 20.59DFW Cubing Winter 2025: 16.26Arkansas Championship 2025: 15.74The Heart of Texas Fall 2025: 14.45DFW Cubing Fall 2025: 15.07GAN Southern Championship 2026: 12.3912.3929.802 Jun 202411 Jun 2026

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-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.75 away.
  • A sub-6 Clock single — 2,324 people have one; it is 1.38 away.

Targets move as he improves.