People · United States
Ian Wayne Blair
3×3 · top 7.8% of 288,433 all-time · competing since January 2023 · 2023BLAI01
Ian Wayne Blair has been competing for 4 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.09, set at Scenic City Scramble TN 2024, puts him in the top 7.8% of the 288,433 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 4,339th in the United States. Until May 2007, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 5 competitions since January 2023, he has put 97 official solves on the record across eight events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 14% around a typical one, an early reading from 7 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 15.52 in January 2023 to 10.09, a 35% improvement. Ian has entered five competitions, more competitions than 83% 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 | 10.09 | 11.09 | top 7.8% | 4,339 / 60,666 | |
| Skewb | 5.00 | 9.98 | top 18.2% | 2,909 / 19,164 | |
| 2×2 | 3.64 | 4.16 | top 22.0% | 8,729 / 41,674 | |
| Clock | 10.51 | 11.28 | top 27.4% | 2,162 / 9,172 | |
| 4×4 | 52.92 | 58.38 | top 28.4% | 4,445 / 19,354 | |
| 5×5 | 1:54.73 | 2:04.78 | top 45.9% | 3,847 / 9,537 | |
| Megaminx | 2:12.44 | 2:47.52 | top 52.6% | 4,023 / 8,026 | |
| 6×6 | 5:32.06 | 6:35.40 | early days — 3 solves | 3,636 / 4,262 |
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
- 10 Feb 2024Four personal bests in one day at TN Speedsolving Winter 2024.
- 2 Sep 2023First sub-15 3×3: 13.45 at Going Fast in Franklin 2023.
- 21 Jan 2023First competition: Music City Speedsolving 2023. A 15.52 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Get the Average TN 2024 · 9 Nov 2024
- Scenic City Scramble TN 2024 · 31 Aug 2024 — 2 personal bests set
- TN Speedsolving Winter 2024 · 10 Feb 2024 — 4 personal bests set
- Going Fast in Franklin 2023 · 2 Sep 2023 — 1 personal best set
- Music City Speedsolving 2023 · 21 Jan 2023
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.
- Eddie Smith — met in 22 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Drew Windham — met in 22 rounds, finished ahead 3 times
- Katie Hull — met in 22 rounds, finished ahead once
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,606 people have one; it is 0.09 away.
- A sub-4 Skewb single — 8,121 people have one; it is 1.00 away.
Targets move as he improves.